"You mean foxy boxing?"
"Yes! Thats what I wanted."
Well as you might guess from that opening quote, we got a bit more than expected today on our hike. We started at an elevation of about 350ft and ended at about 800ft. And we experienced every foot in between. After the initial 1.7mi or so we finally got into the woods and off of roads. So that made for about 12mi till we got in the woods.
What made that first 2 miles especially rough though was the fact that we climbed about 400ft. I was aching by the time we reached the top, my lower back was killing me. But as it leveled out for a while I felt alright. We carried on through the woods with some minor hills on the way till we approached Hutching's Creek. That resulted in down hill to about 450ft. We crossed the creek a few times and hiked along the creek bed for a while. I paid close attention to the map GPS and became concerned. We were making our way too far north. I stopped the group and we back tracked a little bit then went off trail. Cut across the creek for a third and final time and blazed our way through some underbrush till we hit the BMT. The Bridge Man Trail, this is why I wish we had better maps, and some parts of the river to river trail need much better blazes. If I wish to put together a guide once we are done I should really go back and try to find the proper trail. Anyway, we hiked another grueling uphill... and another... and another... well you get the idea. It was rather brutal. We finally managed to get to DanBo's Cappy.
DanBo and I headed back to the minivan and then drove to pick everyone up. We couldn't manage to get everyone in one vehicle like last time. Just too uncomfortable to get 8 people into an old Cappy. So we went back to the trail head and picked everyone up. Got home showered, had dinner, and now we're relaxing. I figured I should get this down right quick and I can give you some photos and fun stories tomorrow.
Cheers
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