On Sunday I received a call. It was the walk coordinator from the Liberty Bell Wanderers. The Thursday group walk this week is on the D&L. Where would you like the start point?
Huh? I just hosted a walk on Saturday, I was unprepared.
I told her the Durham trailhead at 611 and 212. But as I was driving home from work I reconsidered. There are no bathrooms at that trail head. So I changed it to the Ground Hog Lock at the Theodore Roosevelt Recreation Area outside of Raubsville. This section of trail is 3.9 miles, a bit more than our normal 10K out and back. We advertised it as a 12K.
Yesterday it snowed, so the trail was going to be wet and muddy, with lots of puddles.
When I left the house this morning I figured there would be four or five people, tops. There were nearly twenty. They were still arriving after 10 am. There was a line for the bathroom before and after the walk and it ran out of TP.
I don't think anybody even looked at the ruins. They took off and started walking. The group was really spaced out. I announce we were at the 5K turnaround but no-one turned around. Everyone walked to the Riegelsville trail head. Some even explore the town. Two walked over the bridge into New Jersey. Nobody walked to the Durham trailhead.
Overall a successful event.
Miles/Steps: my Fitbit said 7
Weather: 36 to start. 48 at end. Overcast and damp to sunny.
Wildlife: A turkey vulture flew within inches of our heads and into a tree.
Bathrooms: I-4.5 and it ran out of TP
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