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01-20-2016, 08:38 PM
Hello All
Scouting Report:
I decided to do a scouting trip to Paris Mountain State Park here in South Carolina today 01/20/2016
Just took the truck no Goats except this old one at the keyboard.
Just wanted to do a drive thru check the parking areas and trail heads.
This is a good time of year here for us because the underbrush is mostly dead and down so you can see into the terrain the trails go through.
It is just short trails and up and down for the most part. The Park surrounds a Monodock of the Blue Ridge Mountains.
Trails are very well kept and well used from the look of the tracks by both Mountain Bikers and foot traffic.
I drove through the park and checked out the parking areas at the trail heads and road crossings. Except were there were shelter buildings/Pavilions actual Trail head Parking would only be good for 4-5 cars. No way to take a truck and stock trailer in and park. Let alone leave it there for a weekend camping trip back to North Lake.
It is a bunch of short sometimes Steep Trails, running streams some are bridged some you would have to rock hop or wade through. A good combination for training goats.
Looking forward to Spreading Lots of Pack Goat Fever among "City Folk" here when the weather gets better.
We had Snow Flurries and a Damp Cold wind here. Perfect weather for hypothermia if you don't dress for it.
There are pictures of the park on the South Carolina State Parks web side and then select Paris Mountain and look around.
It should be fun to let the Goat Boy's mess with city folk.
Then after few walk around trips for the boy's I will start putting some soft packs on them.
Happy Trails
hihobaron
Scouting Report:
I decided to do a scouting trip to Paris Mountain State Park here in South Carolina today 01/20/2016
Just took the truck no Goats except this old one at the keyboard.
Just wanted to do a drive thru check the parking areas and trail heads.
This is a good time of year here for us because the underbrush is mostly dead and down so you can see into the terrain the trails go through.
It is just short trails and up and down for the most part. The Park surrounds a Monodock of the Blue Ridge Mountains.
Trails are very well kept and well used from the look of the tracks by both Mountain Bikers and foot traffic.
I drove through the park and checked out the parking areas at the trail heads and road crossings. Except were there were shelter buildings/Pavilions actual Trail head Parking would only be good for 4-5 cars. No way to take a truck and stock trailer in and park. Let alone leave it there for a weekend camping trip back to North Lake.
It is a bunch of short sometimes Steep Trails, running streams some are bridged some you would have to rock hop or wade through. A good combination for training goats.
Looking forward to Spreading Lots of Pack Goat Fever among "City Folk" here when the weather gets better.
We had Snow Flurries and a Damp Cold wind here. Perfect weather for hypothermia if you don't dress for it.
There are pictures of the park on the South Carolina State Parks web side and then select Paris Mountain and look around.
It should be fun to let the Goat Boy's mess with city folk.
Then after few walk around trips for the boy's I will start putting some soft packs on them.
Happy Trails
hihobaron