GayleMg's Logbook

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Total Log Entries: 2 (Rank: 282nd) [List Them] [Map Them]
Total Distance: 3.50 Miles (Rank: 679th)
Average Distance: 1.75 Miles

Average Rating: 3point5stars

(3.54)
Average Difficulty: 2point5stars

(2.56)
Average Solitude: 2stars

(2.15)

Earliest Log Entry: 10/8/2022
Latest Log Entry: 10/9/2022

Average ratings are based on the published values and not the values entered in your own log entries.

Photos

Butterfly Garden from Little Bluestem trailhead

Entrance to Little Bluestem Trail. [Cedar Ridge Preserve]

Log Entries

Cedar Brake Trail
Cedar Ridge Preserve - 10/9/2022 [View Log Page]
Rating: 4stars

Difficulty: 2point5stars

Solitude:

Distance: 2.50 Miles Duration: N/A
This was more of a workout for me than yesterday, when I did Little Bluestem, Possumhaw, and the Butterfly Garden. The Cedar Brake Trail is more difficult, with a number of serious ups and downs. It's very pretty scenery and somewhat well traveled, but not too crowded on a Sunday. The side route to a senic overlook is a little underwhelming. It was an overlook I guess, but not very scenic. I think in the winter, when the trees are bare you could see farther. I just saw more trees. I enjoyed finding a little lizard basking by the Trail and he let me take few pictures. He didn't mind all the hikers clomping past. I'm sure he's used to it. I had a great hike.

This is for the Butterfly Garden, Little Bluestem, and Possumhaw Trails
Cedar Ridge Preserve - 10/8/2022 [View Log Page]
Rating: 5stars

Difficulty: 1point5stars

Solitude:

Distance: 1.00 Mile Duration: N/A
I love the Butterfly Garden for strolling and looking at the flowers and pollinators. The Little Bluestem Trail is short and easy for strollers and wheelchairs and good for a warm up for the other trails. The Possumhaw Trail is fairly easy with a few ups and downs, pretty scenery, and numbered points of interest and a self-guided trail guide (available online). It was a nice reintroduction to hiking, since I had not done it for a long time.