Thursday, February 17, 2022

Hike #363; Swartswood Area to Marksboro

Hike #363 8/15/8

8/15/8 Paulins Kill Valley Trail with Cathy Fisher

Paulins Kill Valley Trail crossing it's namesake river just north of Marksboro

Paulins Kill Valley Trail

Paulins Kill Valley Trail in the rock cut entering the actual Paulins Kill Valley

Paulins Kill Valley Trail

Paulins Kill Valley Trail

Paulins Kill Valley Trail

Paulins Kill Valley Trail in a deep rock cut

Deep rock cut on Paulins Kill Valley Trail

Paulins Kill Valley Trail rock cut

Paulins Kill Valley Trail rock cut

Black Bear near Swartzwood Station site

Interesting alignment of graffiti at the old water tank site in Swartzwood

A section of track re-laid at Swartswood

Road along Paulins Kill Lake

Paulins Kill Valley Trail near Stillwater Station

 

I can't remember where we started exactly, but somewhere near Warbasse. We walked toward Blairstown, probably to Marksboro.

 

I had been trying to get Cathy out on hikes, and she did'nt want to do anything that involved any elevation so I tried to get her out on  some of my favorite rail trails away from the group a bit.

For this one we pretty much followed the Paulins Kill Valley Trail. I can't remember any of our side trips or anything at this moment. I know we climbed around in the old concrete structure near Swartzwood, and someone had layed a section of track to show what it once looked like at that point which was surprising. The graffiti on the structure was interesting with the single eye painted in the doorway. I think it was also on this hike that a big black bear was walking on the trail just ahead of us. It went off into the woods to the south.

If I ever find something with the original journal entry I'll post it on here.

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