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Raven Lodge: The Start, Finish, and Turn-Around. The Station will be between the trees and Lodge |
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The road crossing just before the Dogwood Turn |
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The Interpretive Center approach and turn. The One Mile point |
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The Interpretive Center road crossing to the Chinquapin trail head |
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The trail gets a bit mucky after a good rain |
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Single Track & Plank Bridges |
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We mark these sort of intersections very well. |
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Coming into Amy's Crossing |
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The Highway jeep road. 1.5 miles out 1.5 miles back |
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The access gate to the interstate highway, off of the Highway jeep road |
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Amys Crossing and the turn off the jeep road onto single track, just after Amys. Go Right! |
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More Single Track & Plank Bridges |
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Bridges, bridges, and more bridges |
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Coming up to the Dam Road |
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The Dam Road and the Aid Station location on the right |
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Far Side trail |
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Far Side single track & the only bridge in the park with side guards |
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The Rail Bridge is followed quickly by another Low Boy |
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The Dam Road station location turn and the muck that follows it on a rainy day |
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More Dam Road and the turn just before the lake |
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The short enchanted forest loop. Single track, soft, cool, and very serene |
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Two bridges close together on the Dam Loop |
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The Levee at the end of the Dam Loop |
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The Trail: wonderfully soft and smooth or nasty with roots |
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Leaves & Pine Needles: wonderfully soft, but it also hides the roots |
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Approaching the swamp with the long bridges |
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Swamp & Long Bridges |
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More Long Bridges |
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Depending on the season, its either Green or Grey |
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All the bridges are NOT flat or strait |
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The lake side trail after the bridges can be very nice or very messy |
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More of the same lake side trail |
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Lake side trail split just before Site174 |
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Site174 aid station location |
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The trail after Site174 and the turn soon after |
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The trail from 174 to the Interpretive Center |
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Coming back to the Interpretive Center and the Dogwood Trail turn |
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Dogwwod Trail & the final turn back to the finish |
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Raven Lodge: The Start, Finish, and Turn-Around. The Station will be between the trees and Lodge |
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This is all that most of you will see! Planks or Pine Needles |