We walked about 2.25 miles down the trail in one direction before turning around to head back to the car. Upon our arrival, we took a potty break at the tennis courts and then relaxed for 15 minutes or so while we loaded up on snacks and drinks. Pretty soon we were ready to take off again, and we headed down the trail in the opposite direction. After a couple of miles, we were preparing to round a corner when we heard a loud pop that sounded a little like a gunshot. The ensuing cracking and crashing made us realize it wasn't a gunshot at all (thankfully) but rather a tree falling in the wooded area that lines the trail. We made a few jokes about hearing trees that fall in the forest, but when we rounded the bend we stopped in our tracks. There was a massive tree that had fallen right into the hike/bike path and branches and wood had shattered everywhere. We were in such shock! As we stood there and inspected the damage, a couple of other walkers who'd originally come from this direction came around the corner after us. One of them had walked past that spot just minutes before the tree had fallen! It was so freaky to think that in just a couple of minutes we would have been walking in that exact spot as well!
As we were standing in awe, surveying the damage, I realized that I actually did have my camera--at least the one on my cell phone! Mom posed with the fallen mess for some perspective.
Is that not amazing? The main trunk of the tree looked pretty healthy and alive, so we had no idea what could have caused it to fall. It was crazy!
After our little tree adventure, we continued down the path until it came to an end, which turned out to be less than two miles later. We headed back towards the car, but had to walk back in the original direction for a while just to make sure we got our full 9 miles in. We arrived back at the car after walking about 9.4 miles! Mom did great and is all ready to take on 10 miles this coming weekend!
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