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New Year Hike 2021

1/2/2021

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The tradition continues!
For this year's New Year's Day hike we kept close to home - the rain, snow, ice certainly helped with that decision - and ventured out to Wooster Memorial Park. 
Unsurprisingly we were the only ones at the main entrance - another couple was strolling around the Kenwood with their brightly colored umbrellas, but that's a much more sensible walk than what we were about to undertake.

Immediately as we started down the trail I found myself sliding down the grade, a slow walk it'll have to be. A slow walk is always nice though, it encourages one to look around. The beech tree, heavy with ice, caught my eye right away (see slideshow below). Every leaf as delicate as a glass sculpture.
Everywhere a world of glass highlighted every detail, every needle on the pine, every hip on the rose bush, the small branches on trees -so often invisible- had a special light all their own.
We walked down the big hill, took the lower trillium to the outer trail. At rathburn run the water was high, fast, and cold so we turned back, following the lower trillium again (due to the ice) and took the Spangler trail up to the hemlock area. On top of the hill we wandered over by the sycamore which was holding steady even with the added ice weight, and followed the education trail back to the entrance.
About half ways through the 3.5 miles the rain broke through the umbrella, coat, 3 layers of sweaters and shirts. We were soaked. That's also why you won't see any photos beyond the hemlocks, the rain was too much we didn't want to ruin our cameras. 
Although we were soaked there was no room for complaining - we had to keep moving forward, soaked or not this is our hike, our day. While sure, complaining is an option, we had more fun laughing and walking through the puddles since it really didn't matter, we were soaked through the boots, through the socks, and had to get back to the car. 
And I think that's a good lesson to start the year with, you may be cold and soaking wet, but make the most of it and before you know it you'll be back inside, dry, warm, curled up with a tea, book, and the one you love. 
​Happy new year my friends!

- NEW FEATURE -

Some of you may know I've been playing around with videos - how to make them, how to edit them. So I started a YouTube channel - honestly I've been too busy to do much with it at the moment but my goal is to do virtual nature walks.
Below you can walk with us along the lower trillium trail on the newly installed boardwalks - this is actual footage from our New Year's Day Hike! 
Let me know what you think, is this something you'd like to see more of (but in better quality/less shaky)? Would you like narration or just the sounds of nature?
At any rate, it's all just for fun, enjoy!
4 Comments
Barb
1/27/2021 06:20:57 pm

Neat video! A balance of narration and nature sounds would be nice.

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Emily (admin)
2/7/2021 12:18:10 pm

Thanks!

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John Abt
1/27/2021 07:03:24 pm

I liked the video Em. Why don't you do one with a little commentary just to see. I also appreciated the comment about 50 more times to experience spring ephemerals. Of course, that would be maybe 20 or 30 for me if I'm lucky.

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Emily (admin)
2/7/2021 12:19:16 pm

Thanks Jbat! As the snow starts to melt and the wildflowers start to emerge I'm sure I'll have interesting commentary to add! :)

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        • Walton Woods Burning Bush
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        • Bog Boardwalk
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