Cane Creek Mountains

Sandy had Saturday off and it was looking to be a beautiful day so we took Alex for a day hike at Cane Creek Mountains Natural Area in Alamance County, just an hour drive.  Arriving a little after 8, it was still quite chilly this early in the morning.  We started off on Northern Approach Trail, which was gradual at first then got steep as it headed up the mountain.  There were some cool rocks to climb around on near the summit and we took a break here.

The trail passed by some rocky areas and then started heading down.

At one point, we saw two trees that were growing out of a rock and appeared to have split the rock open.

We finished the trail back at the parking lot and got on Longleaf Loop.  This trail made a 1-mile loop through an area where longleaf pine was being planted.

This was the last trail in the park, at least for phase 1.  There are plans to expand the park further in the future, but so far, it's really nice.

Since we were close by, we made a stop at Cedarock Park, another Alamance County Park.  Parking next to the visitor center, we got on Rock Creek Trail and headed over to the dam and waterfall.  The water level was pretty low so didn't seem much like a waterfall.

We continued on the loop and took Connector Trail to make a loop with Spoon Branch Trail then headed back to the car.

We were getting hungry at this point, so went to Cancun Mexican in Burlington that has nice outdoor seating.  We split the mixed fajitas for two and then headed home.