Every detour leads to a new adventure. That has become my mantra living in Hendersonville. Today I had plans to jump in on a High Country Hikers outing. Unfortunately I failed to make advance plans (like find out where they were meeting) But... all was not lost, not by a long shot.
To the contrary I was invited to join in with an experienced group of hikers and we had a great day on some lesser known trails in the great DuPont Forest. Covering 10,000 acres and boasting over 90 miles of hiking, biking and equestrian trails, I've been on several and will refer to DuPont often in my 1000 reasons, but today we explored a few of those roads less traveled.
We walked several miles, somewhere between 3 and 6 depending on whose electronic device you believed, but there was nothing electronic about the experience and these guys have done it all. One gentleman told me about refurbishing the Hendersonville Train Depot
to it's original condition and colors. He also participates in the Apple Valley Model RR Club at the corner of 7th Ave. and Maple Street. They had stories about working the Appalachian Trail, clearing trails along the Blue Ridge Parkway and developing the Holmes Educational Forest. Where many of the major sites in DuPont, Triple Falls, Hooker and Bridal Veil Falls are very well traveled, the only folks we saw on today's hike were the rangers. We stopped for a chat and updates on what's happening in DuPont and they mentioned they were on the lookout for someone who graffitied a Mushroom on one of the picnic tables. Not Us! But we will be sure to report in if we find 'em!!!
Hence "The Mushroom Gang" was born.
I just want to say thanks again to a great bunch of guys who took me in and showed me some great trails. They meet each Monday @ 9am in the Fresh Market parking lot. If you enjoy a nice hike, if you show up on time and if you're lucky they may take you for a spin as well.
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