Keirns Hiking Adventures: 2012

Tuesday, July 31, 2012

July Totals

We walked / hiked a total of 27.66 miles in the month of July. Slowly working our way up. Hope we walk even more in August. Excited to see where we will venture to next.

Terry's Pond

Van Wert, Ohio

Date - Sunday, July 29, 2012

Total Distance - .21 miles

Maximum Speed - 3.39 mph

Average Speed - 2.54 mph

Walking Time - 4:28 minutes

Total Time - 4:51 minutes

Minimum Elevation - 671 ft

Maximum Elevation - 688 ft

Elevation Gain - 23 ft

After walking the Marsh Wetlands, we were extremely hot and needed to cool off so we visited some friends of ours who have a very nice pond. Once we were there, we decided we might as well walk around it just to see how big it is...

Eagle Marsh Wetlands 2

Eagle Marsh Wetlands

Trail 1 and 2

Fort Wayne, Indiana

Date - Sunday, July 29, 2012

Total Distance - 1.83 miles

Maximum Speed - 5.27 mph

Average Speed - 2.20 mph

Walking Time - 35:42 minutes

Total Time - 49:52 minutes

Minimum Elevation - 587 ft

Maximum Elevation - 655 ft

Elevation Gain - 231 ft

Trail 1 took us over to where we found Trail 5 but we were just too hot to continue on Trail 5 so we skipped it. Ended up taking Trail 1 around until it hit Trail 2 and then shortcut back on Trail 2 to the vehicle. This trail took us right beside Interstate 69 and along a railroad track for a while. We saw lots of turtles in the water.

Eagle Marsh Wetlands 1

Eagle Marsh Wetlands

Trails 7, 8, 9 and 9A

Ft. Wayne, Indiana

Date - Sunday, July 29, 2012

Total Distance - 2.83 miles

Maximum Speed - 4.03 mph

Average Speed - 2.27 mph

Walking Time - 56:21 minutes

Total Time - 1:14:44 minutes

Minimum Elevation - 629 ft

Maximum Elevation - 704 ft

Elevation Gain - 380 ft

Eagle Marsh Wetlands is right across the road from Lutheran Hospital on Jefferson Street. It is exactly what it says...wetlands. Although in this drought it actually was quite dry. Not a lot of shade...so I suggest walking it in cooler weather. We were definitely way too hot. One of the trails did take us for a short walk through a small woods though.

But otherwise, this is a nice large grassy area. Definitely need to wear taller socks or maybe pants. Some of the spoils of walking this kind of tall grass territory include dirt and blood...

We walked about half of the trails before lunch, then took a break to cool off and eat. Went back and walked some more after lunch...

Saturday, July 28, 2012

Moser Park Nature Trail

New Haven, Indiana

Date - Saturday, July 28, 2012

Total Distance - .64 miles

Maximum Speed - 6.26 mph

Average Speed - 2.64 mph

Walking Time - 12:00 minutes

Total Time - 14:35 minutes

Minimum Elevation - 625 ft

Maximum Elevation - 676 ft

This is a nice short little trail in New Haven that is actually part of the River Greenway through Ft. Wayne. We took Kaden with us and let him ride his bike. This is paved and completely in the woods. At least the section we walked was. It was only .32 miles one way. We had never been to Moser Park in New Haven. There is not a lot here. A small pond for fishing and a picnic shelter. It was a nice evening walk with Kaden riding his bike.

Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Bloomington Rail Trail

Bloomington, Indiana

Date - Monday, July 23, 2012

Total Distance - 3.43 miles

Maximum Speed - 4.25 mph

Average Speed - 2.39 mph

Walking Time - 1:06:01 hr/minutes

Total Time - 1:26:06 hr/minutes

Minimum Elevation - 546 ft

Maximum Elevation - 666 ft

Beautiful country trail through the heart of Bloomington, Indiana. This is a continuation of the B-Line Trail, but are considered 2 separate trails. We walked a total of exactly 18 miles this weekend! We are slowly working our way up.

Trail 7 and Trail 10

McCormick's Creek State Park

Trail 7 and Trail 10 continued

Spencer, Indiana

Date - Sunday, July 22, 2012

Total Distance - 1.17 miles

Maximum Speed - 4.78 mph

Average Speed - 1.15 mph

Walking Time - 16:29 minutes

Total Time - 1:00:52 hr/minutes

Minimum Elevation - 479 ft

Maximum Elevation - 720 ft

McCormick's Creek State Park Trail 10

McCormick's Creek State Park

Trail 10

Spencer, Indiana

(The rugged, dangerous, hazardous trail...)

Date - Sunday, July 22, 2012

Total Distance - .58 miles

Maximum Speed - 7.17 mph

(that had to be going downhill)

Average Speed - .53 mph

(and I believe that would be going uphill)

Walking Time - 16:42 minutes

Total Time - 1:05:38 hr/minutes

(sat and rested with our feet in the water for a bit)

Minimum Elevation - 502 ft

Maximum Elevation - 613 ft

Got a little lost and could not find how Trail 10 continued. Ended up on part of Trail 3 we missed earlier. Found Trail 10 again a bit later when we were on Trail 7 and then combined Trail 7 and 10. Trail 10 was a lot of climbing up and down and through the river.

Wolf Cave / Twin Bridges

McCormick's Creek State Park

Trails 5 and 8

Spencer, Indiana

Date - Sunday, July 22, 2012

Total Distance - 2.20 miles

Maximum Speed - 4.49 mph

Average Speed - 1.70 mph

Walking Time - 41:26 minutes

Total Time - 1:18:00 hr/minutes

Minimum Elevation - 569 ft

Maximum Elevation - 771 ft

We walked about 3/4 of Trail 5 and then hopped on part of Trail 8 to finish and take a shortcut to the end. Wolf Cave was closed. No one was allowed to actually enter or crawl through the cave. I believe it had something to do with protecting the bats.