After Ann's little
surprise for me-- my least favorite uphill trail at the end of 23 miles-- I decided to return the favor.
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Ann tries to kick BPA away |
Ann's least favorite trail is BPA, and it's easy to see why. From Wildwood it plummets in gravel and nearly-running water right down to Highway 30. And then you have to get back up the hill!
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Surveying what's to come |
Luckily Newton intersects right there, so it's a loop. A scenic, painful, slow loop. Strangely, we saw more people coming up BPA than anywhere else on our entire run. Proving once again that runners are a crazy bunch.
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View and reflections from BPA |
Still, it was worth it when Ann asked me at the start of the run how far we were going on Wildwood, and I said "To BPA." Then she asked how far on BPA, and I got to laugh a long, loud, evil laugh, followed by "The whole way!" Priceless!
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Finishing the downhill |
For some reason I don't remember Newton from Highway 30 back up to Wildwood from previous runs, but it was really different-- deep, mysterious, and meandering, with some tiny stream crossings. I'd like to run it again-- maybe next time reversed by going down Newton and back up BPA.
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At the bottom of BPA, back up on Newton |
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Mysterious unmarked marker on Newton |
- Springville to Firelane 7 to Hardesty to WW (21.65)-- .29mi
- WW (21.65) to BPA (27.45)-- 5.8mi (6.09 total)
- BPA to Newton-- 1.53mi (7.62 total)
- Newton to WW (26.3)-- 1.28mi (8.9 total)
- WW (26.3) to Springville (ww 22.49)-- 3.81mi (12.71 total)
- Springville to car-- .33mi (13.04 total)
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