Carolina South North

| July 15, 2012

Carolina South North

2.82 miles  ★★★½ for some weird, unknown reason, i have the two halves of the carolina management area hopelessly confused. i thought i was going out to walk carolina south this afternoon. it wasn’t until almost a mile in that i realized i was actually on carolina north. then, even armed with two maps and […]

Beaver River Preserve

| February 21, 2012

Beaver River Preserve

★★★★  2 miles another nature conservancy property, so well-blazed and well-maintained trails, but kind of small; barely 2 miles. but a most amazing glacial boulder pile… truly must be seen to be believed. and contrary to ken weber’s book, there is no timber bridge over the river anymore. just a few old timbers. 75:25, hikey:walkey. […]

Carolina Management Area, North

| February 10, 2012

Carolina Management Area, North

★★★★½  3.7 miles another walk from ken weber. very pleasant, easy walking (10:90, hikey:walkey, one very looong stretch of climby). open lanes almost the whole way. nothing specially distinguishing, but pretty, open woodland. was able to walk at a good clip almost the whole way. found 1 geocache.

Carolina Management Area, South

| January 13, 2012

Carolina Management Area, South

★★★½ ken weber’s book had me looking for a “barn.” as you can see below, it’s basically just a pile of old lumber now. this was a good walk, but longer than i really wanted it to be. mostly easy but some parts were more “hikey” than i prefer. had to find my way around […]