Went to Hurricane Creek with my Dad. Garmin said 7 miles but it felt alot longer. There are lots of trees, rocky outcroppings, and curvy trails that cause havok with GPS signals. In the end, it doesn't matter what the Garmin says since I ran whatever I ran. Took a good tour of most of the trails. There were several new insane MTB trails and jumps. I'm happy to be able to stay on solid ground. i have no desire to fly off a 6 foot high jump and land on a rocky downhill. I ran up what is called the "Gauntlet". It is a straight down for probably 500 ft of elevation change. Its a little harder than some of the climbs on the Mountain mist course. Very hard and by most reasonable definintions : not -runnable. Saw a 4 ft long black snake which made me jump. The temperature on The south edge of the creek dropped about 10 degrees. Sheltered from sun and benefitted by exposed moist out croppings. Went through Twilight tunnel and Heaven's staircase. Cool. Still have more to explore upriver (to the east). My dad hiked around and enjoyed it. My mom, Liza, Fiona, and Elliott met us later for a picnic. | 