Yesterday, we hiked the Weetock Trail at Croatan National Forest;
however, calling it a trail might be a stretch. We parked along NC-58
and hiked down an old road for a ways then ventured into the woods along
where the path used to be. There were a few blazes, but not much that
looked like a trail. After a ways, we came to a field and strayed a bit
to check out the giant pile of saw dust, remnants of an old mill. Then
across the field and into the densest part of our route. There were
many briars and no semblance of a trail whatsoever. But we plunged
through with the help of a GPS map and crossed a stream to what looked a
bit more like a trail, albeit one that had not been used or maintained
in some time. Near a small stream, we saw a cotton mouth! He was not
happy with our presence, but he wasn't within striking distance.
Further on, we got to a forest road, but couldn't find the trail, so we
we followed the road for a bit, then ducked into the woods and finished
up following the blazes to Haywood Landing. |