For my second hike, I headed out to a local Environmental Center that has several trails. I hike here often as it's close, offers a nice bathroom in the Nature Center and has enough trail options to be able to tailor your hike to several different mileage lengths.
The weather was still cold. I think the dashboard temperature reading showed 12 degrees. I'm pretty much over the frigid temperatures.
The small pond at the beginning of the trail was frozen pretty thick. I don't know what it is about frozen water and the way it whispers to you, "Come on, walk on my, I'm solid." I always manage to resist because, you know, hypothermia. We ended up doing what has become our usual hike at Hashawha that is about 3 miles long. It takes us past the raptor cages where I always hoot a greeting to the resident owls. They don't hoot back, in fact, one turned his back on me. The lower portion of the trail follows a stream before coming to the larger pond on the property that you cross using a series of boardwalks. There were still icy patches on the stream, and one section looked pretty cool with the water running under the ice. It was cold, but the sun was strong, so I was almost sweating towards the last portion of the trail. As always, I was pleased I had pushed myself to go. It seems every time it's cold out, I start talking myself out of going outside. But in the end, getting some exercise in the outdoors helps clean out some of the winter head fog.
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