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| Hiking | 12.20 Miles |
423 AEG |
| | Hiking | 12.20 Miles | 4 Hrs | | 3.05 mph |
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| no partners | | After two hikes along the Rachel Carson Trail, I was in the mood for something a little easier. The Butler-Freeport Community Trail is a Rails to Trails project that runs from Butler to Freeport. It parallels two creeks for the majority of its length, or at least what I hiked. Since it runs along a defunct railroad line, the trail is mostly flat the entire length. The trail is used mainly by bikers, but it's wide enough to accommodate everyone. I didn't expect much from this, but I was pleasantly surprised and ended up enjoying it a lot more than I expected to. I had only planned to hike about 10 miles, but ended up hiking over 12.
There was some like morning fog when I started, but that burned off quickly as the sun got higher. Saw yet another deer on the trail, but was again unable to get a good shot. I got one blurry shot since the camera was in low light mode. By the time I got it switched to normal mode, two bikers were coming up behind me and having a conversation. That was enough to scare the deer off.
Saw a small wastewater treatment plant along the trail and noticed that they have a UV disinfection unit. I took a picture, but no one else is likely to find it as interesting as I did.
Route Scout glitched out big time on this hike, not locating me correctly for most of the way out. I think the way back was more accurate. There trail follows a narrow valley through most of the section I hiked, so that might have contributed. the route I posted is from my Garmin.
Ended about 10:30am, ran an errand and got lunch for everyone at a local pizza joint that makes a unique pie specific to this area. |
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