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Hike #15 at Moss Rock Preserve on October 14, 2017. 2.75 miles,  2 hours 16 minutes.

Today’s hike began at 7am on a cool morning. I traveled the white trail beside a stream then uphill for a mile. I turned off the white trail onto a cut through to the green trail, also called the power line trail. The green trail is a slim path through tall grass underneath very high power lines.  I took the green trail to avoid the rocky stream beds of the blue trail. Little did I know the green trail had two ravines of rock covered streams.

After hiking the green trail for ½ mile the path ahead seem to drop straight down out of site. It dropped down about 10 feet to several big rocks with a small stream running through. I slowly made my way down the hill and stepped onto the first rock, then stepped on the second 4x4 foot rock only to lose my balance and fall backwards onto the rock. I struggled to get my feet back on the ground. Then I continued by crawling across the remaining rocks. Safely on the other side I climbed the hill and continued on the green trail.

Soon afterward two trail runners came towards me. I told them “they were my inspiration.”  

Again I came to a drop off with a rock ravine and a stream running through. The rocks were bigger and with more pointed crevices. I chose to not try and walk but merely crawl across

After completing the 2nd mile there was a cut through to the blue trail. This led me to a 40 foot ravine, which I traversed fairly easily. Another group of hikers had a German Sheppard running down the ravine to the stream for water, while I walked ever so slowly to avoid falling. Being shown up by a dog was not the best part of my day.      

I continued on the blue trail downhill until it intersected with the white trail. Since I wanted to walk four miles and had yet to complete three, I turned away from the trail head further into the park. Once reaching the three mile mark on my MapMyHike app I turned around and followed the white trail to the trail head. Completing 3.75 miles, I was soaked with sweat and exhausted from going so far uphill. I went home and took a nap.

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