Friday, September 2, 2011

Hiking in Uwharrie National Forest - Denson's Creek Trail

It was field trip day today. We traveled about an hour from our house to the ranger station in Uwharrie National Forest on 24/27 just past Troy, NC. We met some friends there for a hike on Denson's Creek trail. It is a 2.2 mile hike (on the long loop) and there is a beautiful creek at one end of the trail.
We saw crawdads, minnows, wolf spiders, a plethora of fungi and types of moss, loads of beautiful evergreen and deciduous trees, lizards, caterpillars, and generally just had a great time tromping around in the woods and creek for several hours. We packed a lunch and ate after we returned from the hike. It was a great day. All the kids had a fantastic time and Evie says she thinks she was born to hike. We started out around 9:45 and were back to eat our lunch by about 1:00. And we spent quite a bit of time at the creek. Oz (3) even had a great time and walked the whole way! Here are some of my favorite pictures from the trip:

































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2 comments:

Leslie H. said...

We had such a great time with you guys today. I'd definitely say it was a successful trip since both of my children ended up falling asleep in the car on the way home.

Sunshinekad said...

My kids had a blast. Thanks for including them.