Our first hike together was at Dan Nicholas Park in Salisbury, NC. We were there on Friday, June 11 in the evening. It was hot during the day, but as the sun started setting, the temps dropped off. It was still a bit humid, but it was not unbearable. We had planned on taking the hike through the woods, but it was too late in the day to start that. So instead, we settled on the trail around the fishing pond.
The trail is flat and wide. It is well maintained with gravel most of the way. The entire trail is about a mile long at the most.
The boys thought the whole idea was cool. They don't really understand why we walk just to be walking. Conner was pretty good about the whole thing. Elijah, with his short attention span, lost interest and started asking if we were almost done yet. Elijah fell and scraped his elbow a little bit, but he's a tough kid. They thought the large steel bridge was neat.
About halfway around, we came to an area where people were fishing. A woman had lost her phone trying to catch minnows for her kids to use as bait. We let her use our phone to call her phone, but we didn't have a signal either. We also passed a camping area. The boys want to go camping there, but it is way too hot at this time of year for camping there. Everyone camping there was in RV's with air conditioners running full blast. Perhaps this fall, we'll go up there and camp a couple nights. But I'd rather take the short drive to the mountains and camp somewhere cool.
Our next trip is planned for next weekend. We are going to take the longer hike through the woods at the same park. Should be fun.
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