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LeForge Woods Trail
Leforge Woods Trail is just a few miles from my home and a nature preserve I pass on a regular basis, so I was pretty excited to finally check it out. The beginning of the trail is largely just a field, so the “woods” part of it threw me for a bit, but approximately the middle mile is all wooded, which led to some lovely bug bites.
I went in the mid-morning to beat the heat, so it was still relatively wet, which always gets interesting when the tall grass comes up to above your head in most places, but it was lightly trafficked and a nice bit of fresh air.
This was also my first trail where the flowers were truly in bloom and at peak color, so that took a lot of my attention. It was interesting that part of the trail that AllTrails suggested didn’t look like it had ever been traveled, so I had to forgo that way, picking safety over my self-competition of properly completing the trails in the way they are suggested.
I did make the mistake of just going in a muscle tank, shorts, and a set of sneakers, but, as you’ll see in my next few posts, I clearly haven’t learned my lesson when it comes to just doing short, local trails.
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Parker Mill County Park Trail
Another trail I pass on a regular basis in the Parker Mill County Park trail system. A portion of the B2B in Washtenaw County, this old cider mill is usually pretty populated. It’s also mostly paved, which I kind of hate, personally. At least, I hate it for hiking. About a week later, my brother and I did the same path on our bikes, and it really is quite nice.
There were two parts of the trail that deviate from the bike paths, which were nice. One had an agrarian structure I found interesting. It’s a pavilion with a green roof so that it continues to contribute to the environment it exists in. I haven’t seen many structures like this around where I live before.
This trail also reintroduced me to a trail I had stumbled upon when I first moved to the area 4 years ago. While I didn’t go out it, it has reminded me that I would like to at some point. It’s a fully boardwalk trail through the boggy woods of the area with some really cool tree formations pretty deep in. Now that I’ve got my camera, I’m interested to spend some time out there and see what kind of shots I can get.
Raven K 