Yesterday the Monday Morning Hikers returned to our favorite (and closest) location, Douthat State Park. We hiked up the very familiar Beard's Gap Trail, but then turned right onto Brushy Hollow Trail. (Usually we turn left and take one of several routes back down in the northern part of the park.) This is probably the easiest 1100-ft climb around - a steady but bearable 2-mile uphill.
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| Near the highest point on Brushy Hollow Trail is a nice view of the Cowpasture River valley to the east. There are several stone benches for resting, and this point is affectionately known as the "Zen Cafe". |
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| Zooming in on the mountains in the distance. (That's the pre-2020 meaning of "zoom".) |
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| A foggy morning would complete this little "fairy house" in the base of the tree. |
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| A closer look at the entrance. I should have brought some sort of small figure to place in the door! |
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| Brushy Hollow trail ends (or begins from another perspective) at the swinging bridge. The bridge definitely needs some repairs/maintenance, but it remains a safe passage over Wilson Creek. Today the water was low and it would have been easy to wade across the creek, but that's not always the case! |
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