Deer Run Trail. 2.7 miles, 1:15
We had lunch with Richie at Rich’s Famous Burgers before he’d leave us to head back to St. Louis. It was his initial idea to go to lunch and he also claimed to not have his wallet - very fishy... we had burgers for the 2nd day in a row and they were fantastic.we left feeling quite full.
We headed back to the campsite and decided to do a hike and headed to Onondaga Cave State Park to Deer Run Trail. This trail is rated as moderate, but I would say it’s easy/moderate. The hardest sections were going uphill. The PT rail was well cleared and well marked. It climbs up a hill where there’s an overlook of the Meramec River with the bluffs below us . As we were descending, we saw a turtle on the trail and a deer off in the woods. So the trail lived up to its name - Deer Run Trail. We were sweaty at the end and conveniently, there were showers right there at the end of the trail. Scotty had 2 quick dry towels in the truck (it pays to travel with a Boy Scout). We each had another shirt in the truck. So we took. Warm showers, dried off, put on our shirts and wrapped ourselves with the towels! Now you may be wondering why we did this - we knew our tank in the trailer was almost full so it just seemed like the logical thing to do. Also, there was nobody on the trail!
I can’t say it enough, but after being active all day, it is SO SO nice to get back ‘home’ to our trailer! We played Phase 10, read, organized some, and had only light snacks after our big lunch.
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| Overlook to the Meremac River. |
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