Reedy Creek Hike

Nine Dames made it out on a beautiful mothers day morning for a 3 mile hike. (Nina, Lori, Kimber, Chelsea, Diana, Dolores, Kathy, and me.) We all met up at the nature center where we chatted a bit before trail maps were passed around. AFter taking the "before" picture, we headed down past the nature center and started our hike on the yellow Umbrella Tree Trail. We hiked in around .33 miles before Diana decided to take the short cut trail to meet us at the Robinson Rock house. We all continued the next mile on the blue Big Oak trail. Everyone seemed

to be chatting away and hiking around the same pace, Which was great, because I was able to talk to each Dame :)

We finally reach the intersection at the Umbrella Tree trail, where we stop and I ask Nina which way we should go. She checks out her map and decides we need to turn right. Perfect! She and Dolores keep the lead adn pace going for the hike for anotehr .33 miles beforewe come to the next intersection. Agian the ladeis consult the map and keep us going in the right direction.

We take a right and stop to admire a big tree that Dolores points out before we contine another .33 miles on the red South Fork trail. We finally run into the orange Robinson Rockhouse trail, hang a rightr and continue for another .33 miles down to the rock ruins. Dolores was the first to notice the sweet aroma that a honeysuckle makes and I made sure everyone else caught a whiff of that sweet scent lingering in the air. A few feet later, we passed by the honeysuckle plant and I was so tempted to pluck a flower and taste the nector. But alas, we were in the county park and were not allowed to pluck, pull, or pick any flower, fauna, or tree. So I took a deep breathe and

settled for the sweet aroma in the air :)

I love this section of hte trail, not only becuase it's beautiful, but because when you near the end, you round a bend in the trail, then all of the sudden, you stumble upon the rock ruins. We

stopped for 15 minutes, enjoying and exploring the ruins. Kathy shared her yummy trail mix with me. Yummy! We stop to take a group photo and then hop back on the trail. This time, Kimber and Chelsea take the lead. At the trail intersection we run into Diana, seems as if her short cut ended up being along cut!

After adding up her mileage, she had hiked around the same miles as we did. Oh well, ast lest we all hiked back out together. Wehn we get to the nature center, everyone walks over to the pond and picnic table, while Lori adn I head back down

the trail to check on Diana. She was right on our heels. When we get back, we all say our goodbyes and head back to our cars.

It was a beautiful day, a wonderful hike, and a great group of ladies in one of my favorite local parks. I couldn't of asked for a better day. I look forward to hiking with each and everyone of you again soon!