Meesh's hike

So, we live by Wissahickon Park where the Valley Green Inn is. It's pretty much an extension of Fairmount Park. It is so beautiful. It's like a whole other world within the city of Philadelphia. The girls are getting married at the Valley Green Inn and a couple Sundays ago, we ate brunch there and did a little hiking. There are several different trails you can explore on either side of the river. I cannot believe I have lived here for almost a year and am just NOW exploring this amazing atmosphere.

Today I went hiking. Now that the weather is nice, I have made hiking my new once a weekend thing. I love it. I never thought I'd love it so much, but I do. It's so beautiful that I brought my camera this time to take some photos.

With my headphones on jamming to some tunes, I encountered a stranded biker who needed directions to the nearest civilization--his bike was broken--dodged many bikers; said hello to a couple hikers, even cute doggies; and almost got attacked by a very large bird! Okay, maybe some of these things are slightly exaggerated...but the bird did startle me!


This is Summit Avenue. I walk down Summit to get to one of the trails near me.





Okay, I'm ready!












Shortly after I passed this point, all of a sudden this huge bird flew off of the ground into the trees. I thought it was going to attack me!





There are all kinds of historic landmarks and buildings along the river.











Valley Green Inn. This where Jenny and Megan are having their wedding. Also, if you have never eaten here, you MUST!


There was a wedding ceremony going on. So beautiful.


I made my way back to the trail that takes me back to Summit Avenue.


This way I shall go!




This is my new canteen! It's green.

I ended up hiking for 2 hours. I started at Summit Avenue hiked all the way to Bells Mill Road, then walked by the river past where I started all the way down to Valley Green, then back to the trail that led me back to Summit Avenue. WOW!