Allen’s blog of trivial stuff

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May 22

After what seemed like weeks of rain, I finally got to walk outside again!

Parked at the Parkton parking lot.  The next lot, at White Hall, is only two miles, so I kept on going.  I stopped at mile marker 9, which seems to be roughly midway between White Hall and Monkton.  This is an interesting stretch, with huge boulders and a number of little waterfalls.  In addition, there are a few more of those railroad signals I noted near Bentley Springs.  Total GPS distance: 7.07 miles.

May 8

Started at Bentley Springs and stopped at mile marker 12, about 3/4 mile south of Parkton.  A welcomed site to the few historical remants was the preserved control sign just south of Bentley Springs.  Another thing I learned was about the “W” signs.  According to a Web site “W” doesn’t mean water (my first guess which didn’t make a lot of sense) but “whistle” intead…presumably when approaching crossings without gates.

The GPS batteries were almost dead so I preserved what was left for capturing mile marker positions.  At mile marker 12 the “go to” distance back to the parking lot was something like 3.16 miles.