A few interesting hikes over the last month or so with two of note that are rather different. The first one was a great new one out in Shenandoah National Park. The Meneka/Signal Knob Trail was a fun hike as the first of the year one. Not very picturesque or lots of water this is a nice forest trail with lots of ups and downs in a round loop for about 9 miles. This was a fun one since we had two shepherding dogs to keep all us humans in line.
The second hike is unusual from most of the others as it was an Urban Hike with portions that you could almost never tell you were in the middle of the city along Soapstone Valley and the Melvin Hazen Trail. Connected via Rock Creek Park it makes an interesting contrast with the forest and the trappings of our city - finding the oddball sewer access or the variety of buildings from expensive to cheap apartments spotted amongst the trees.
This hike definitely has sparked an interest in trails in the area of which there is more to come.
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