The Gunpowder Falls ~ Part 2

This is part 2 of my walk along the Gunpowder Falls State Park. Here is my part 1 post if you missed it!

My husband scouted ahead for a safe space to cross.

While I waited, I noticed this old foundation, possibly of an old spring house.

When he returned he informed me, it wasn’t to be. All the rains we’ve had caused more water At this point, I was sad that, again, we wouldn’t make it to the falls but I knew I had already pushed myself past the point that I should have. If he had found a way to cross then I would’ve continued on regardless but we may try again next month if I’m up to it as my husband thinks he may have found yet another way in. So, we turned around and had to head back to where the car was parked. Had to stop a couple of times to catch my breath and take some more photos…of course!

On the way back, we took a little different way that was a little shorter and we got to see lots of mushrooms. These were on the ground and at the base of a tree.

We spotted these up in a tree.

We saw this large branch in the ground. It reminded me of a wishbone and it reminded my husband of a sling shot. Both of us thought it was cool looking.

Remember those people trippers I showed you in part 1? These here, almost got me! Remember the good thing about almost? It means it didn’t happen!

I was happy to see this trail marker. It meant we were getting closer to the lot. At this point, I was thinking that I’d really pushed myself farther than I should have but I would do it again and probably will try again next month.

I had to stop and take a couple more photos of the water.

Now, I just gotta make it up those stairs and I’m “home free”!

Btw, one of the trails we were on was called Lost Pond Trail and we never found it...lol! But we did find this little pond that was just behind where the truck was parked...hmmm...maybe we found it after all! 😉