For this #wednesdaywalk let me show you a hike that we went on recently. It was nowhere near as exciting as some of the hikes we did in Europe but you have to work with what you have and make the most of it.
We took the dog to a woodsy forested area just outside of town and walked along the trail for about an hours or so.
The trail followed a stream which eventually brought us to a dam with a small lake on the other side.
I don't know much about the lake, if it's man made or if there are any fish in it, but nonetheless, there it is.
The path followed the lake for a little while and then headed back into the woods. We saw the lake again near the end of the trail as well.
For the most part the trail was pretty easy to navigate but on the back half it got a little confusing. There was one spot that opened up into a small clearing with a 6 or 7 point crossroads made up of large heavily trafficed trails and other small barely noticeable ones.
There was a sign there that had a rudimentary map on it marking the trails but there were so many of them compact into such a small space that we couldn't really tell where each began.
It didn't really matter because there was no way of getting lost in there but some of the trails were meant for biking and we didn't want to take one of them with our dog on his leash and have to deal with cyclists barreling down the trail, flying around corners and coming out of nowhere with little warning.
We just picked a trail and headed out not really knowing much about it. We did see some bikers along the way but it wasn't an issue in the end, we just stepped off for a moment and let them pass. All that build up of storytelling for nothing.
The trail passed through a few different areas along the way, including some tall grassy areas followed by some pine forests. Pine forest makes for some interesting photos because they have really good visibility and all of the needles on the ground create an orange looking forest carpet.
Eventually we came to the end of the trail which opened back up to an area overlooking the lake. Its not the most picturesque lake that I've seen by any stretch of the imagination, so we didn't stay long there before picking another path and heading back.
The forest was a mix of evergreen trees and deciduous. Most of the leaves had fallen from the branches by that point in time but there were a few spots where they remained. The fall is a really nice time to hike if you can catch the changing colors. But everyone knows that.
And with that we called it a day and headed back down the path to our car to take us back home. That was enough walking for us for one day. Okay this turned out to be just another shitpost. I hate it when that happens.