Sunday morning, I woke up and broke camp then had breakfast with the running group from Raleigh. After saying good-bye, I headed over to the equestrian parking at Stone Mountain State Park for a hike on the bridle trails. I started off on the Bridle Loop Trail, going right at the split to hike in the counterclockwise direction.
About half way through the loop, I turned onto the Bridle Out and Back Trail. In about a mile, it joined up with Middle Falls/Lower Falls Trail and I stopped to see Lower Falls.
It's a small waterfall and covered in downfall, but worth a quick stop.
The bridle trail split off again and ran concurrently with Mountains-to-Sea Trail. I followed it to the park boundary and then turned around. On the way back, I followed the spur trail out to an overlook on Combs Knob.
I could see Stone Mountain and Cedar Rock in the distance. It was a nice overlook and much less crowded than all the others in the park.
After lunch here, I made my way back, finishing up the other end of the loop trail.
Leaving the park, I headed into Elkin and had an early dinner at Angry Troll and then made the drive home.
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