Sunday, October 23, 2011

The Quarry


The main trail up into the park heads up hill into the middle, but the Quarry trail stays to the far right following the barbed wire fence along Rockville Road. Thats the way I went today, and was the way I always started before they redid the main trail.

The Quarry trail leads to the Cave and Unknown trails. The Cave trail is better for hiking, the Unknown trail is a real test  in parts as it has some rock sections that I can not ride clean, and it is inches from barbed wire! But later it opens up to a wonderful meadow with an old hand built stone wall, and one of the more quiet parts of the park. (Photos from the unknown trail are elsewhere on this blog).

Sunday, September 25, 2011

Back to Rockville, It's drizzly! Gonna be slippery!


A drizzly day, strange for normally hot September at Rockville, but the weather is getting strange in general..

Even though it was lightly drizzling and even rained a bit, it was not cold. Maybe it was the humidity?

It was nice to rice with the moisture bringing out the smells of the grass, the dirt, and the plants and trees.

Sunday, September 11, 2011

Annadel State Park, The road over the dam, a popular destination.


The top area of Annadel State Park, Lake Ilsanjo, which is not some spanish name, but the combination of two guys names who used to ranch the land the park is on.

Unlike rockville you can swim here, and I saw people in the water in kayaks and in fishing floaters.

I've swam her in the summer before, but it was raining here and not really swimming weather. Usually you will see a  lot of people here, sitting and eating, resting and watching each other.

Annadel State Park, Canyon side of the dam


The dry side of the dam looking down off the road over the top. More varied trees than rockville, and denser too.