by Melanie McManus | Sep 2, 2021 | Potomac Heritage Trail 2020-21, Trail Journals, Virginia
Today’s goal was Mason Neck, although that wasn’t the original plan. Yesterday, today and tomorrow were/will be scattered itineraries, thanks to Hurricane Ida and some other issues. So today, I’d hoped to hike yesterday’s planned itinerary, which was to hike from the...
by Melanie McManus | Sep 3, 2021 | Potomac Heritage Trail 2020-21, Trail Journals, Virginia
I was stoked today to hike through the Occoquan section of the PHT, since this would mark the end of my exploration in this area of the trail. Before heading there, I first hiked a few miles out of Prince William Forest Park in the opposite direction that I’d...
by Melanie McManus | Sep 4, 2021 | Potomac Heritage Trail 2020-21, Trail Journals, Virginia
Today starts a new section of the PHT – an angled path along the Potomac (Virginia side) from Ball’s Bluff to D.C. As it’s a Saturday, Maura decided to join us for the day. So we headed out for Ball’s Bluff Regional Park bright and early in the...
by Melanie McManus | Sep 6, 2021 | Potomac Heritage Trail 2020-21, Trail Journals, Virginia
Today’s goal was Scott’s Run. For those of you (like me) who aren’t from this part of the country, a “run” is a small creek. This may not be a totally accurate definition, but I’m not finding one online. Anyway, Maura drove us to...
by Melanie McManus | Sep 7, 2021 | Potomac Heritage Trail 2020-21, Trail Journals, Virginia, Washington DC
Today’s goal was to finish the PHT along the Potomac in Virginia, plus pick off the last few miles/kilometers of the Circle Forts tour. So yesterday, we finished in Scott’s Run on a PHT detour in the park, due to flooding. Maura wouldn’t let us hike the connecting...