Sunday, January 9, 2011
A short, early afternoon hike at Rockwoods Reservation was the perfect remedy for a slight case of Returning-to Full-Week-Work after Winter Break Blues. I'd intended to awake early, take a thermos of coffee and watch the sun rise through the trees, but instead got caught up in reading Between a Rock and a Hard Place by the fire. So I didn't get to the Lime Kiln Trail at Rockwoods Reservation until around 12 o'clock.
Saw only one other hiker--who didn't really seem to want to see me, either. This is another reason to hike in cold weather if you are going to visit the trails near urban St. Louis. Rockwood is located in a fairly densely populated area in the middle of affluent subdivisions, albeit the lots in most of those subdivisions consist of very large tracts of land and enormous mansions. But freezing temperatures often ensure solitude as most St. Louisans do not enjoy braving the cold.
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