Toune Loop (4x) (Tourne County Park)

Toune Loop (4x) (Tourne County Park)

Hike Type: Loop 
Distance: 5.59 miles
Elevation: 1,299 feet
Time: 1 hour, 48 minutes

Hiking Challenges: N/A

The Hike

I typed "goin 4 fitnezz" in my notes for this hike. I knew I wouldn't be able to get hiking much this week since it's concert week for camp, plus I have a Boy George concert to go to, plus Emma is coming down this weekend. I had high hopes getting started since there was finally a breeze, so maybe the bugs wouldn't be too bad? NOPE. Gnats were horrible. Sad. There was more new gravel, which made footing a whole wild experience. I was relatively alone for this hike until about 4:45pm, when the world showed up. I passed a couple where the woman was clearly dragged along, and soon after I heard her scream bloody murder... I'm assuming she got a gnat in her eye. I pushed myself to do a 4th lap, and sadly I did not have the help of Britney Spears since my sweat had finally broken my headphones, but I did it! On my final descent, I passed a group of at least 10 20-somethings, all at very different fitness abilities, and the poor caboose asked me "are we almost there?" - that was a question I've never gotten at this park, only on much bigger mountains!

AllTrails did a silly and had a few GPS glitches.

Map of Tourne County Park

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