Huge specimen pond pine on Tuttle’s Grove Rd – preferred MST route parallel to NC101 for a mile |
Today’s hike was mostly on busy roads because I was hiking in the vicinity of the port town of Beaufort. There were big trucks but not big shoulders on the road, a big traffic jam at a bridge construction site.
There was a big pirate–perhaps meant to represent Edward Teach – Blackbeard – who frequented the sounds around Beaufort.
The big estuary of North River was my constant companion most of the way:
North River even has its own sandy beach:
And to cap it off, another big specimen tree – this one a juniper.
I hiked eleven miles and biked eleven under the big blue sky. Now I have to take a few days off trail for a family gathering up in MD. Can’t wait to get back, though, because next I’ll be hiking a portion of this big off-road trail through Croatan National Forest.
Kiosk at the southern terminus of the 20+ mile Neusiok Trail |
Happy trails.
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Here’s the GPS track and link to slide show of today’s hike:
MST Day 12 – outskirts of Beaufort, NC at EveryTrail
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