So it all started off with an idea to take an old walking trail down to a beach and snap some shots of the mill and CB. We start our hike in Irish Town and with out sneakers and backpacks we venture down the old boardwalk and into the woods! After 20 min the boardwalk turns into marsh and bog, the trail no longer exists and we decide to bushwack the rest of the way to the beach. Bad idea! It starts to get dark and we are running out of energy but we think that we are close and push onward. I take over leading the pack and not long after that I find a little quad trail that ran the whole way with us just 20 feet to our left. We get on the quad trail swearing and cursing, covered in mud, ripped up legs and arms and destroyed from the flies we keep going towards the beach. 5 minutes pass and we can finally see the beach through the brush and we bump into an old man on the trail, who is driving a legit personal tank from vietnam used to bring supplies into the jungle. We explain to the man that we want to take some photos from the beach but he quickly replies that its high tide and were not going to be able to get to the beach. Then proceeds to tell us that he has a trike in the trail aways and we can drive it out for him. This is music to our ears. We say thank you and keep hiking to the beach. The last bit of the trail was all mud and stinger needles, and when we finally get to the water we realize that the man was right. We couldn't get to the beach because it was completely surrounded by water. We still snap a few shots off but I never got what I wanted.
- the beach in this photo was the one I wanted to be on.
We turn around and head for the trike, back tracking through the mud and stinger needles. With our shoes ruined, clothes covered in mud, arms and legs ripped to pieces and covered in bug bites we get to the little honda 125cc trike and first pull she goes!! With 3 of us sitting on the little trike with no exhaust bombing out this mini trail it takes about 20 min to get back to Irish Town. Trikes are tippy!!
Here are some of jodies photos from the adventure!
- just disappointed
- our ride out!
- jode and nate had to walk the rough parts of the trail
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