The Magic of the Internet

I am very new to the Maryland area, some things are kind of interesting to me. One of them is the magic of the internet. So far, I have found a running group, a local hiking group and a group of folks that are interested in enabling my Appalachian Trail hiking habit. All of these folks, prior to me meeting them were perfect strangers, but we did some initial introductions on the internet, and then took off on some runs and hikes. So far, no axe wielding maniacs on any hikes.

In addition to the hike on the Appalachian Trail (Harper's Ferry to South Mountain State Park in Maryland - - home of the original monument to George Washington), I hiked with a group of folks in Gunpowder Falls State Park, just outside of Baltimore. Pretty good hike, I put some pictures in the normal area to the right, about 3 hours of walking, talking, looking, picture taking, generally enjoying nature. This was the day after the first snow storm here, so there is a lot of brilliant white stuff on the ground, but it was not too cold or anything. By the time we got done it was kind of melting, but it was a good day for a hike.