We spent another weekend camping at World’s End State Park. This time for our hike we wanted an easy route just to stretch our legs. I wanted to spend more time at the campsite enjoying a campfire and toasting marshmallows. We drove to the Fern Ridge Trailhead and decided to explore. It was wet and boggy with too many slippery rocks. We opted to explore the Equestrian Trail instead which offered an easy walk without having to gaze down at our footing every step. We got back to camp just as the sun began to fall below the horizon. We set up the tent, built a fire and settled in to enjoy the quiet evening. It was a new moon and the forest was as black as I’d ever seen it. Millions of stars sparkled overhead. When we got tired we cozied up in our tent in our sleeping bags and drifted off to sleep. Sometime during the night a Barred Owl visited the trees just above our tent. I loved listening to the calls in the darkness with hardly another soul around.

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