Father's Day greenway walk - Lassiter Mill

Hike distance: 2.3 miles
Total distance hiked: 80.45 miles
Miles remaining: 98.55

Lots of greenways this week! I went on a stroll with my parents on Father's Day off of Lassiter Mill Rd, part of the Crabtree Creek trail.  I grew up in that area and had no idea that there was a historical mill site down there - hence the name.  Go figure!  It was a beautiful day, and the mill site was really cool.  There are also some fancy houses with awesome patios and decks right on the water - pretty neat.

Greenway walk - House Creek

Hike distance: 3.4 miles
Total distance hiked: 78.15 miles
Miles remaining: 100.85

A nice leisurely walk on the House Creek trail (from Crabtree to Ridgewood), right along 440.  A lovely day and beautiful trail, but the noisy beltline traffic left something to be desired.  The Stone Delicious IPA at Ridgewood Wine & Beer was a nice way to end it :)

Walk/Trike with Andrea!

Hike distance: 2 miles
Total distance hiked: 74.75 miles
Miles remaining: 104.25

Andrea (as in THE Andrea, leader of Team Drea!) and I went on a trike/walk on a greenway near her place.  We were going to do some Neuse River Trail, but the weather was being iffy, so it made more sense to meet up on her side of town.  It was a nice couple of miles with good catch-up time, followed by dinner and dessert with her husband Dave.

Lunchtime walk

Hike distance: 4 miles

Total distance hiked: 72.75 miles
Miles remaining: 106.25

Booked it for four miles on the Neuse River trail at lunch. I was frustrated with work and life, so it was so nice to get outside!  And the weather was PERFECT - 76 degrees, low humidity, nice breeze. I averaged 15-minute miles - I was trying to work off that frustration.  I saw a blue heron and a deer... plus 5 mowers.  Yay for urban "hikes" :)

Loblolly @ Umstead

Hike distance: 8.12 miles

Total distance hiked: 68.75 miles
Miles remaining: 110.25

I wanted to get to Schenk Forest, but I had already gone far enough. I saw a deer.

Again... Company mill

Hike distance: 6.54 miles
Total distance hiked: 60.63 miles
Miles remaining: 118.37

Pace was very slow, but some days ya just gotta mosey.

MST after work

Hike distance: 4.72 miles
Total distance hiked: 54.09 miles
Miles remaining: 124.91

Today's hike is dedicated to my Aunt Kay-O.

It's been exactly a month since my last hike.  UGH!

Mountains to Sea trail off Falls of Neuse.  I've done this section before, just needed to rack up some miles after work.  Next time, I should at least hunt down a different section of the MST.

Less than a mile into the regular white dot trail, there were big signs saying it was closed for construction. So, I went back and took the blue dot detour, which ended up just reconnecting with the white dot trail later.  It was actually more pleasant that way, except for the spider webs.  I also was startled by a deer on the trail - I was deep in thought, looking down.  I just happened to look up and see a deer in the middle of the trail about 30 feet away just staring at me.  I stopped and gasped, which was enough to scare her off into the woods.  My quickest mile was 15:30.

I am really behind on my miles.  Life has been very busy lately.  I need to start squeezing in more of these weekday hikes in addition to weekends to make up for lost time.