We got lost.

Tuesday, July 24, 2019

Thought we would go for an easy hike today.  Drove through a town called Cliffton Mills on our way to an Indian Mound.

We then continued on to Peterson Park near Ceaderville, OH where the Williamson Adena Mound is located.

On our return to the car, the path looked inviting so we decided to continue on to Cedarcliff Falls.  It was a nice hike along the creek although there was a sketchy area where there was a bridge at one time.  I was rather uncomfortable because I was not planning to do a real hike and was wearing sandals.  We made it through the slippery area and the rest of the hike was quite level although it was a bit further than we originally thought.  It turned out to be worth the walk because of the lovely falls.  In looking back at a map we apparently crossed the entire park.

Sketchy part.

Time to return the way we came.  I was remembering the slippery area we had to cross and remembered a sign pointing to an upper trail that connected to the trail we needed to use to return to our truck.  So we stayed on the upper trail passed the sketchy place looking for that connecting trail.  We walked and walked and no trail offshoot.  (We later found out that a tree had fallen down the hill and block the top of the path.)  We came out of the woods to an open field at what looked like the area where the mound was.  It was a mound but not an Indian mound.  After walking to what we thought was the front of the mound we found ourselves in the biggest solar farm.

Solar panels as far as we could see.  No people, no cars.  There were several roads including a dirt road that looked like the way we needed to go.  We tried that but looking at Google Maps on my phone decided that was the wrong direction.  Tried another route around the field and we came upon a "Danger, Shooting Range."  That obviously wasn't the right way.  Next, we headed toward the hardtop road but really couldn't figure out where we were.  Of course, by now my phone battery is dead and Bruces's had already died, so no help from Google.  After wandering around a bit we decided to head back into the woods and retrace our steps.  We had to walk back about 2/3 of the way to the falls and take the path around the sketchy area.  Boy, that orange truck sure looked good.

We actually drove around until we found that solar farm.  We made the right choice going back through the woods because we were so far from the truck by the road that we never would have found it.