Mapping out unhiked trail segments

Coppertone and I wanted to get some hiking in before the expected rains made trails too muddy.  Trione-Annadel was our target due to some trail segments we noticed that needed to be mapped.

We started off walking west along Channel Trail.  This parallels Channel Drive, which we used to drive back to our trailhead.  Close proximity to the road normally means a less enjoyable experience.  However, in this case, it's not so bad.  There were but a few cars that drove by and those that did passed at a slow speed.  There were far more walkers and cyclists than drivers on the pavement.

On the proper trails there were many more cyclists than hikers.  So it's important to be alert for any fast moving surprises around a turn.  We encountered no problems on that day.

We found the trails to be moist but not enough to make them muddy.  Perfect.

We passed by a couple of rafters of turkeys.  One all male the other all female.  All added up to about 18 individuals.  Neither group seemed too spooked by humans whether on foot or on a bike.

We turned left onto North Burma Trail since we had not yet mapped the northern segment of this trail.  This section turned out to be my favorite of the day.  Our turnaround point was the junction with Live Oak Trail.  At this point we doubled back to Channel Trail and then turned west.

Channel Trail ends at the main park HQ.  Instead of doubling back on the trail we just hiked we opted to walk along Channel Drive, like many other walkers.  Along this path we searched for several geocaches, logging three of them.