We are trying to walk 3-5 miles per day to condition ourselves for the next big trip to higher elevations. After walking the supposed 2.5-mile Orange Trail at Smedley Park in Springfield, PA, we were credited with 6 miles.
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| The trail started out as a gravel path |
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| There were several stepping-stone water crossings |
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| We saw many unnatural features, such as this wooden structure (to corral floodwaters?) |
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| A rusty pipe sticks out over the dropoff |
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| A fallen tree is only a slight hindrance |
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| Nice trail marker |
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| Discarded water bottle |
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| A bicycle chain |
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| A warped wooden bridge |
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| It seemed we spent a great deal of time "on the edge" with the ground dropping steeply to the left |
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| We followed the liquified natural gas/LNG pipeline for a short distance |
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| Oh, not a snake; just a shoelace |
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| A relatively new bridge near Jane Lownes Park |
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| A boardwalk with non-skid treads |
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| Who hauled this desk/table deep into the woods? |
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| Path cut through a fallen tree, with the addition of trunk slices as stepping stones? |
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| Flower of a Sicyos angulata/Burcucumber vine |
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| We crossed and recrossed under I-476 |
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| Can you see the red-disc rope swing and its reflection in Crum Creek? |
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| One of two baseball diamonds |
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| One of two playgrounds |
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| This is where the Red Trail heads southwest |
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| They could not quite cut through the fallen tree? |
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| A bridge shared by the Yellow, Orange, and Red Trails |
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| Our final obstacle before reaching the car |
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