Hiking exploits and whatnot
Trails in Maryland.
Right off Route 29, south of Columbia, MD, lies a gravel parking area into which you might optimistically squeeze four cars. Scrabble down a steep, muddy slope, over a narrow stream on rocks, back up the other side, and you’re on the Gorman Stream Valley Trail.
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Tucked away off a residential street in Clarksville, near River Hill High School, the Wildlife and South Wind Trail Loop is an easy 4.4 miles of soft and relatively flat ground through deciduous forest, fields of tall grasses, and along a river.
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No, not the pointy one in DC. Out on the Appalachian Trail in Boonsboro, there is a short squatty one made of stones. In an
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For my friend Kim’s birthday, we cloistered ourselves at her family’s cabin at Deep Creek Lake. One of the weekend’s activities was Lostland Run Trail
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Catoctin Trail in Cunningham Falls State Park is a moderate hike with beautiful fall colors and higher than average Bill the Cat faces per capita.
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