Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve

Weekend after weekend passed that we never visited Hemlock Bluffs when we said we were going to. We had nothing planned for Sunday which was very rare so we packed the backpack & headed to Cary.

 It was Gabby's first time riding in the child carrier backpack & she loved that thing! The trail was mulched & lined so it wasn't extremely advanced, which was a good thing because we aren't! When we started the trail I noticed we were going slightly downhill the whole time. We reached the lookout point and could see the lush preserve and the Western Hemlock trees. Pretty cool.

On the trail

Western Hemlocks

 Going back up hill for .5 miles was just short of suicidal. And to make the incline worse, we passed our turn off point and had to back track! Clearly pro hikers.

Yep.

It was really nice to do something different. We were both a sweaty mess afterwards & it felt great to get such a workout!