Friday, May 11, 2012

Hiking Tanglewood

Yesterday morning, our Outdoor Adventure class met at the bus stop, and carpooled to Tanglewood Nature Center, a local hiking area.  Carrying our backpacks, we began trekking the 3.5 mile Red Trail through the woods.  The hike began smoothly, we were all walking at the same pace, joking, and laughing, the ground was slightly muddy, but level and easy to travel.  Then, about a quarter of a mile onto the trail, the terrain changed, and the class began to split up.  We encountered what seemed to be an 80 degree angle of a mountain to climb, that seemed to go on for miles.  The chatter slowed, breathing grew heavier, our pace slowed, and breaks were taken frequently.  Somehow, we ended up dividing into two groups, and traveled separately.  After what felt like a lifetime, we reached the top of the hill and the view was spectacular. 
We stopped for a moment to rest, and enjoy the view before continuing on our way down the mountain.  With the parking lot in sight, we emerged from the woods to find, to our surprise, the other group exiting simultaneously from another trail.  Laughing, we tried to figure out which group had made a wrong turn, and where the wrong turn was made as we returned to the vehicles and headed back to campus.  The hike was difficult, but the group we have made it  enjoyable and I would definitely be interested in hiking again in the future.

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