Heading south from our friends place in Pennsylvania we wondered if there was a spot we could take a short hike. Mr. Ram had hiked some sections of the Appalachian Trail (AT) in New England and had dreams of hiking other sections.
Just off of I-80 he noticed a trailhead Bernheisel Bridge Rd on the map and a section of the AT that seemed flat. Rolling in at 8:30 in the morning, it was still cool. The “Parking Lot” was a mowed section of grass we initially drove right by. The large power transfer station had lots of gravel area that looked like a parking area but was obviously not the right spot.
We headed south on the trail enjoying the peace and quite of being out in the wilderness – near I-81 and construction site that was surprisingly active on a Sunday morning. And just to ensure we had the full wilderness experience, a helicopter kept circling over us. We wondered if there had recently been a prison break and they were searching for someone. Was it safe to be on the trail?
We hiked out far enough to get a view of US-11 and the headed back. We did run into several other hikers including an older man with brightly colored donut-themed shorts. I guess if you think you far enough out into the woods, you think you can wear anything.