This weeks hike was the last one for November, 2012, since Nov. 22 is Thanksgiving, and Nov. 29 is a set up day for Bethlehem Village at church, which will occupy the Geezers time for most of the week. We welcomed Mark Rickabaugh to our group as his home is quite close to Hidden Falls Regional Park in Auburn. This is an area we have hiked in several times, the most recent being on January 5th this year. There wasn't a prior blog as Roland was laid up following foot surgery, so here's a little information and photos on this lovely hiking area.
The Park consists of trails with moderate hills that descend to the two creeks running through it. A new section of the park has been under construction this year, and is scheduled for official opening in 2013. The new trails are not accessible yet (they are building two new bridges across the creeks), so we hiked about six miles around the perimeter of the park as we have in the past. It was a fun, easy day followed with ice cream at Safeway's on Bell Road.
Did you see Roland's rock flying in the upper right corner of the picture? Or John picking a target to trow at? It was good to welcome Mark with us today. Hope we didn't scare him off.
ReplyDeleteI'm looking forward to see what Dec holds for us.
Loren