New Trails, New Faces
Once you got hooked into hiking, you always find yourself looking for new trails and new places to hike. I googled 'Wilmington trails' and found the website of the Wilmington Trail Club. Just like the other outdoors group, the club offer a wide-range of outdoor activities with hiking as their main interest.
I decided to join one of their short hikes on Wednesdays. On this particular Wednesday, they planned to hike the White Clay Creek Trail in Newark, Delaware.
A good number of regular WTC hikers showed up.
I met, Julius and his wife, Nancy who immediately approached me and asked: "Were you the one who called my husband?"... I politely replied: "Yes!". I was happy that they waited for at least 10 minutes before they left the trailhead (I was late 7 minutes trying to find the parking lot near Possum Hill).
After a round of introduction (mentioning your name), we were off hiking the trails.
The trail itself was very well-kept with a very good combinations of open fields, wooded areas, creek crossings, and a short-paved segment. The hike leader said that we covered 4.5 miles.
One of the things that I learned from these hikes (when you were the 'new' hiker) is that everybody there possesses this camaraderie --- it's an instant liking with each other or just like what Nancy said: "we walk in the same beat of a drum..."
Side Trip: Timothy's at the park vicinity.
