On Saturday we enjoyed a winter walk through the 651-acre Nottingham County Park in the far southwest part of the county.
We parked at McPherson Lake just as another couple was getting out of their car next to us.
"You're gonna need your coat," I said to the Dearest Partner. The woman in the next car thought I was talking to her and replied, "Oh, I know; it's in the trunk!"
We took the wet Feldspar Trail to the "Mystery Hole" and another smaller abandoned quarry, then followed the Buck Trail downhill to the ruins of a chromite ore processing plant along Black Run that was built during World War I. All that's left of the plant are some concrete foundation piers and an overgrown pile of tailings (with "no horseback riding" signs prominently placed on the pile).
We noticed a lot of cut-down trees in a few places in the park and learned that there's a tree harvest going on.
On the way to the park we took a meandering route and went through the Linton Stevens Covered Bridge over the picturesque Big Elk Creek. The 102-foot-long bridge was built in 1886. We couldn't help noticing how many roads down that way are named after the Elk Creek, either the Big one or the Small one.
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