Last weekend and today were our first two hikes of the season. On March 19 Kathleen, Jenny and I did an organized hike with the Appalachian Mountain Club. The hike was at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center in Edgewater, Maryland. The hike was led by one of the researchers. He gave us a tour of SERC and explained the work there before the hike itself. Pictures from this hike are at https://picasaweb.google.com/jg2adventures/SmithsonianEnvironmentalReserachCenter?authkey=Gv1sRgCP-fkL_O2uL18AE&feat=directlink .
Today Jenny and I went to Shenandoah River State Park near Front Royal, Virginia. This is a fairly new park and the trails were very good. We took Buster the dog (a Corgi), and let him off leash for the first time. He heeled very well, except for when the deer came close. Then Buster took off, but he returned eventually. Pictures are at https://picasaweb.google.com/jg2adventures/ShenandoahRiverStateParkHike?authkey=Gv1sRgCIeZk5yCmcOfJg&feat=directlink .
