This past Saturday I joined 12 geocachers to do the amazing Four Cache Loop geocache hike up east of Huntsville on the Lone Star Trail. Thirteen miles of hiking, the often muddy trail with 20-something water crossings. It rained Wednesday and Thursday and some who planned to attend dropped out figuring the waterways would be impassible.
They missed an excellent, fairly dry, cool-weather hike. Of course, along the way, buns hit the ground numerous times, including my own.
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