Today, May 8, Joyous Vagaries took a walk on the Wilderness Trail in Moosehorn NWR, Edmunds Division. Rapha was parked at open end of the trail, and a second vehicle at the beginning of the trail which is at the end of North Trail, at Hobart Stream.
At .57 miles, what should have been an easy crossing of Crane Meadow Brook was something far less than that, as the brook was dammed by beavers some time ago (it seems), and now there is what one might call a small pond. It took a bit of navigating through the outflow, but was managed it with caution.
After 2.7 miles, what is supposed to be Crane Meadow Brook was much more than that – a rather body of water. It was at this point, the path was obscured enough to prevent one from continuing as there was water everywhere. Unable to continue, a begrudging return trip was required. As such, today ended up being a 5.47 miles hike.
The hike, in and of itself was quite pleasant. The day was sunny, temps were in the 40’s when we started, and ended up in the 50’s when finished. Black Flies are increasing in numbers!
UPDATE: On June 20, Joyous Vagaries walked the Wilderness Trail from South Trail. The distance was approximately 1.1 miles in before reaching the same body of water that halted the hike from the other side – only 100 yards of water preventing completion of the entire Wilderness Trail! No black flies, but there were plenty of mosquitoes this time!
Not what you had in mind, but still very nice!!!
No, definitely not expected. Water shoes would have come in handy!