The weather has been
temperamental lately. Not in a threatening Oklahoma-like way, but in a way that
tends to happen when spring begins trying to push winter out. It may be
freezing, snowy, rainy, and downright warm all within the same week. It is on
those intermittent warm days that we try to make it outside.
Last week it was the Cole Mill Trail along the Eno River. And most recently we visited another
area of the river, the Cabe Lands Trails, for the first time. It was
interesting to discover that the area is part of the Mountain-to-Sea trail.
Once complete, the trail looks to run from the smoky Mountains to the Atlantic
coast. Not quite ready for that kind of commitment Liz and I stuck with the
Cabe Lands Trail and the Quarry Trail. The first took us to the banks of the
Eno River, and the latter to the old rock quarry.
Because it was a weekday
afternoon the trails were empty. It was nice to be seemingly removed from the
beating heart of Durham, and hear only the river running, the birds chirping,
and the rustling of small animals in the dry leaves. Next time we will have to
explore the ruins of an old grist mill, as well as the Cabe family cemetery, we
have since heard about.
