wordless wednesday – morning hike

a walk in the national park

This morning, a beautiful for November kind of morning, Greg and I ventured out to the nearby Cuyahoga Valley National Park. Our goal was to get to the Ira Road Trailhead and hike the towpath from there for a bit. Now here’s an interesting fact. The Ira Road Trailhead is not actually on Ira Road. But that’s a good thing. Because if it was, we wouldn’t have driven a bit out of our way and stumbled upon the covered bridge pictured above. After a bit more driving we found the trailhead, just a ways down from where we had originally turned off on to Ira Road. Below are a few more pictures from this morning’s hike. We’re looking forward to coming back in the spring with our bikes to do the ride from Akron to the ever-so-quaint village of Peninsula.

trails 4 & 5, hiked

In our continuing quest to finish the Summit Metro Parks Fall Hiking Spree, we tackled two more trails this weekend. Saturday morning was the Firestone Metro Park. I, of course forgot my camera. Sunday we hiked the challenging Deer Run Trail at O’Neil Woods Metro Park. 1.8 miles of very rugged and steep terrain.  Below are some pictures from the hike. You can hear an audio podcast of this trail produced by the Metro Parks and 91.3 the Summit here.

morning photo project 8.31.2009

Greg and I hiked 3.5 miles through the Sand Run Metro Park on Sunday morning. With temps in the high 50′s it felt like the end of summer and the beginning of fall.  A transition that I look forward to every year.

On a separate note, we are so fortunate to live in a community with such a great and diverse park system. It’s one of the things that Greg appreciates most about moving to, and living in, the Akron area. And this year, we will finally complete the Fall Hiking Spree and earn our staff and shield. We’ve been after them for nearly a decade now, and always come just a few trails short. Anyone else want to join us?