This was a 2 night backpacking trip that I took with my friend Randall to the
Green Ridge State Forest
in Western Maryland. I had never backpacked there before, though I did travel
there once with my daughter to camp while we biked on the
C&O Canal
Towpath around the area of the
Paw Paw Tunnel.
I got the idea of backpacking in Green Ridge after seeing a description of
a good backpack along the
Long Pond Trail.
The timing worked out well for this trip. We both had time off from work
between Christmas 2004 and New Years Day, and the weather turned really warm after
several weeks of bitter cold. This was the last chance for us to travel
together for a while, too, since Randall was going to be moving to Idaho
at the end of January. The big plus on this trip was being able to
enjoy a winter landscape without the accompanying cold weather and snow.
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