Reedy Creek Hike
9 Dames made it out on a beautiful mothers day morning for the 3 mile Reedy Creek hike. (Nina, Lori, Kimber, Chelsea, Diane, Diana, Dolores, Kathy, and me.) We all met up at the nature center where we chatted a bit before trail maps were passed around. After taking the "before" picture, we headed down past the Nature Center and started our hike on the yellow Umbrella Tree trail. We hiked in around .33 miles before Diana decided to take the short cut trail to meet us at the Robinson Rock house. We all continued the next mile on the blue Big Oak trail. Everyone seemed to be chatting away and hiking around the same pace, which was great, because I was able to talk to each Dame :) 
We finally reach the intersection of yellow Umbrella Tree trail. We stop and I ask Nina which way we should go. She checks out her map decides we need to turn right. Perfect! She and Dolores keep the lead and pace going for the hike for another .33 miles before we come to the next intersection. Again the ladies consult the map and keep us going in the right direction. We take a right, then stop to admire a big tree that Dolores points out before we continue another .33 miles on the red South Fork trail. We finally run into the orange Robinson Rockhouse trail, hang a right and continue another .33 miles down to the rock ruins. Dolores was the first to notice the sweet aroma that a honeysuckle makes and I made sure everyone else caught a whiff of that sweet scent lingering in the air. A few feet later, we passed by the honeysuckle plant and I was so tempted to pluck a flower and taste the nectar. But alas... we were in a county park where we are not allowed to pluck, pull, cut, or pick up any flower, fauna, tree, or shrub. So.. I took a deep breathe and settled for the sweet aroma in the air :)
I love this section of the trail, not only
because it's beautiful, but because when you near the end, you round a bend in the trail and then all of the sudden, you stumble upon the rock ruins. We stopped here for 15 minutes, enjoying and exploring the ruins. Kathy shared her yummy trail mix with me and I told her I would be hiking with her from now on! haha! We take our Trail Dames group photo and hop back on the trail. This time, Kimber and Chelsea lead the way with Chelsea using her map skills to get us back to our car. At the trail intersection we run into Diana, seems as if her short cut, ended up being a long cut! After adding up her mileage, she had hiked around the same miles as we did. haha! Oh well, at least we all hiked back out together. When we get to the nature center, everyone walks over to the pond and picnic table, while Lori and I head back down the trail to check on Diana. She was right on our heels. When we get to the picnic table, we all say our goodbyes and head back to our cars.
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