Strouds Run Vista Point Trail
I snuck away last Friday
to try out a hike at Strouds Run State Park, which is located a
whopping twelve minutes away from our new homestead.
The map I'd downloaded
off the internet didn't give me a very good idea
of distances, so I lucked into a bite-size loop --- Thunderbunny Trail
to Vista Point Trail to White Pine Trail back to Thunderbunny Trail.
I'm guessing the walk was about 1.5 to 2 miles, with one short but
steepish uphill and the rest a gentle stroll through towering white
pines, an oak ridge, and a hillside coated in sugar maples.
The Thunderbunny portion of
the walk suffered a bit from proximity to the road. But I enjoyed the
location anyway when I found a big patch of yellow-capped mushrooms and
a grove of regenerating white pines to catch my interest.
Later, there was a
lovely vista of Dow Lake (shown at the top of this post) and a
fascinating if rather inconspicous Indian Mound.
Mostly, though, I just
enjoyed the trees.
One trail explored. At
least a dozen within a similar distance from our farm left to check out!
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About us: Anna Hess and Mark Hamilton spent over a decade living self-sufficiently in the mountains of Virginia before moving north to start over from scratch in the foothills of Ohio. They've experimented with permaculture, no-till gardening, trailersteading, home-based microbusinesses and much more, writing about their adventures in both blogs and books.
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