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| no partners | | Flying is miserable enough without adding coronavirus masks, and subtracting airport bars. So, I decided to drive 2,200 miles from Phoenix to Hagerstown, MD, for Halloween.
I was going to leave on Monday, but then I saw a forecast for an ice storm in the southern plains, and I wanted to get ahead of it, so I threw a bag together and headed out the door. I made 700 miles to Amarillo the first day. On 4½ hours sleep, and despite three hours of driving in that ice storm across the Panhandle, followed by 10 hours of heavy rain, I made 940 miles the second day to Terre Haute, IN. Even though I-70 is one long construction zone across Indiana, the third day was a relative breeze. But it was a lot of driving. 🌨
After Halloween, and another hike along the C&O Canal, I took four relatively leisurely days to drive back to Phoenix. I spent the second night in Conway, AR, but I arrived at only 2:30 p.m., so I decided to go for a leg-stretching hike. (Read the description I just added.)
The Tucker Creek Trail rail is is clean as it winds through some nice neighborhoods. There is some garbage in Tucker Creek though.
Something I forgot from the description, is that there was a bicycle tire pump stand along the path.
The water was enough that I spotted both a heron and an egret. I’m sure there’s frogs or toads as well.  |
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Autumn Foliage Observation None
I could tell the hills of Arkansas would have been spectacular a month ago, but there was very little color left. |
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Wildflowers Observation Isolated
Kinda late in the year. |
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