It's official, we've become
walking snobs. The Rock Creek Trail is everything we used to
look for in a trail – flat, paved and not too long (though we would
have considered 3.2 miles a pretty decent distance when we first
started walking). Now that we've been spending time in Forest Park,
Tryon Creek and Hoyt Arboretum these walks are kind of...well,
boring. It's paved. And flat. And the creek doesn't babble. It
also crosses three busy streets and goes under Highway 26 so it's
always clear that this is a city walk. We've kind of gotten
to the point that we prefer the woods and even the hills (despite my
wheezing and complaining).
It probably didn't help that it's
early spring, which means that the sky is gray and since nothing has
started to bud or bloom along the trail the landscape is also kind of
gray. Well, the pussy willows have started to bud out, but what
color are pussy willows? Gray! It is, however, unfair to judge the
walk by the weather and the season. In summer this is probably a
very pretty path, with lots of vegetation and wildlife. We did see
quite a few birds, lured in by a feeder at one of the apartment
buildings we walked behind and there was a tree down that looked like
it had been chewed on by beavers. Which may explain the quietness of
the creek.
I'd rate this walk as a definite
'dull', with the understanding that in a different season it would
probably fare better. And once the serious spring rains come in I'm
sure it's exactly the type of trail we're looking for. Forest trails
are lovely, but not when they're knee deep in mud!
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