April and I are trying to get back on the trail after a long absence caused by hot weather and too busy at work. We visited Richfield Heritage Park on Wendy’s recommendation, who is resting up for a big adventure of her own next week. This park was part of the Kirby estate of vacuum fame and had several period buildings, then it seems was turned into a Girl Scout camp. Now it is owned by the city and many of the buildings are neglected and run down. Two different people who said they knew the park well really had little idea about Buckeye trail whereabouts, even though it was shown on the main park map. We were having problems locating BT because signage was less than ideal except in a few spots. Anyway, trail was mostly all woods and ran along a creek, we saw nobody along the way once on trail; visitors stayed close by the buildings and lakes. Was a hot one today, so happy to be in the woods. April and I walked a lot of the park besides the BT, so we did get a nice little “welcome back” workout. Hopefully, this will help us fall back into our weekend hiking routine.
