Super hike!
Today was a beautiful day so the wife and I headed out for a hike. I skipped the gym knowing we would be out for a while. I got to pick where we went and I chose going to Bull Run Regional park for us to hike on the Bull Run-Occoquan trail. The trail id 18 miles long and we had hiked a section of it last year from the Occoquan side. Today we started on the opposite side and hiked 7 miles out. Of course we needed to hike back so that gave us 14 miles for the day. We covered the distance in 5 hours and 22 minutes. We did stop for lunch at the 7 mile mark and stopped the time on our timer to reflect traveling time only. Today was a LONG DAY!
The terrain changed 3 times and surprised us each time it did. We started in a currently dry wet lands area that was flat. Blue bells were blooming everywhere you looked. We hiked along the creek for a few miles the the terrain got hilly and the ground was like a New Mexico trail. The soil was filled with red clay and crushed red rock. We were totally surprised to see that. Miles later the surrounding changed again and we were in what looked to be a pine tree Forest. Some things that really stood out this hike was a big rock pile that had a sign that read take a rock, leave a rock. I guess this is where pet rocks go so they don’t have to be alone.
Another cool spot was this huge tree that was hollowed out. Miriam could have hidden in it for sure.
We also crossed a tilted bridge that bounced and swayed as you crossed it. She did not like it when I bounced on it while we were crossing together.
And you know we would get a picture of water at least once!
This day of hiking felt like a day when we would travel on vacation for a couple weeks to get out into nature. We reminisced about past hikes and future ones we will take. Today was a great day! Booyah!
