13
Sep
Down the Creek
This is a continuation of the previous post. In this blog, I will explore the woods downstream the Wolf Trap Run (park’s main waterway).
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Ode to Green. Yet somewhere there in the distance flows the Wolf Trap Run.
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But again, no trail leading there and none following the creek further (on this side).
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If you can find a small opening in the bushes off of the Trap Road.
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It follows the Wolf Trap Run downstream.
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In the spring, it is very muddy and full of paddles.
In the summer, part of it is overgrown and you don’t see where you step.
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The creek itself is not directly visible (about 50-100 yards to the left).
Once you come closer to it, you will see a partly paved path going left.
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Concrete blocs have been toppled and without their support the plank looked precarious.
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From here I took a short connector to the right (north) to get out of the woods.
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Or take a left and start going back upstream (that is the path I took)
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(it is marked by this little free library)
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and a small staircase back into the woods towards Wolf Trap.
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But you can continue straight up and end up at the Wolf Trap tunnel.
–honza–