THIS IS IT! Todays hike finished the Little Loop for April and I! Wendy has already done it, but came along to support our largely unobserved event, except for a few ducks and geese… We walked from Wilbeth Rd trailhead to Barberton trailhead to achieve this milestone- it gave us ALL something positive we could look back on with satisfaction during this COVID shrouded year. The fact that it was a cold, gloomy day along a stretch of the towpath that nobody would call scenic did not dampen our spirits. We spent most of our hike debating the skills/stupidity of contestants on our latest TV binge series- ALONE- which Wendy got us hooked on, and we all agreed our own survival skills would not even get us to the first night before we’d ‘tap out’. It was interesting to look at the houses along the canal to see how some people embraced their location and took advantage of their backyard waterway, while others completely ignored it. In the end, we ate our lunch as usual after this brief hike and decided our next milestone would be crossing 400 miles hiked, leaving about 1000 left to go…that should be achievable sometime this year… dare I say easily? HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
Medina, sections 18+ – 16 (12/29/20)
A little leery of doing this all road hike after all the snow, then rain, that just dumped on us, but we hoped todays adventure was mostly back roads, which it largely was…at least we had a WHITE Xmas this year! Robin is taking a sabbatical because she is busy with things, so it is back to the three of us for a while…will miss her spirited songs. Sunny day, which of course means it was cold, but I’ll take sun over warmth any day. Interesting wander through farmlands, and surprisingly along sections of Rocky River- which has eaten into the rock beds to expose beautiful geometric patterns along riversides and many step down rapids on the river bottom. Would be fun to walk in the hot summer months, so just unlucky timing on our part. Hike ended at Lake Media trailhead, which was next to a fantastic, over-the-top Xmas decoration display on a neighboring yard- ALWAYS lifts my spirits!