{"id":951,"date":"2021-06-02T18:56:35","date_gmt":"2021-06-02T18:56:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thecheshiretrail.com\/blog\/?p=951"},"modified":"2023-12-30T23:05:07","modified_gmt":"2023-12-30T23:05:07","slug":"the-non-cabin-in-the-woods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecheshiretrail.com\/blog\/the-non-cabin-in-the-woods\/","title":{"rendered":"The Non-cabin in the Woods"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Most people have a &#8220;secret trail&#8221; that they like to go to when they run out of ideas for where to hike. It&#8217;s the kind of place that is probably not so secret. For me, it is a sort of &#8220;back pocket&#8221; trail for when conditions are not right for my go-to trails or they just seem too far away and my motivation limits my choices to within a certain radius.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" src=\"http:\/\/thecheshiretrail.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/20181017_083325.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-952\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thecheshiretrail.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/20181017_083325.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/thecheshiretrail.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/20181017_083325-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption>Just the thing for slaking your green thirst<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I would not call it my favorite trail, necessarily. There is no impressive waterfall at the end, nor a gaily bubbling stream along the trail. There are no impressive landscape views of Mt. Rainier. The trail is not even remote by any means. You could spy houses just a few feet from the trail in some areas and the occasional sound from construction vehicles drown out the woodland noise for most of the hike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" src=\"http:\/\/thecheshiretrail.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/20181017_091556.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-953\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thecheshiretrail.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/20181017_091556.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/thecheshiretrail.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/20181017_091556-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption>Not sure which side to nibble on to shrink or grow, but I&#8217;m sure any side would likely upset your stomach<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It does, however, slake my thirst for greenery and the sensation of solitude for those days when you just need a quick fix. I also love the different kinds of mushroom you run into along the trail. It also has a little bit of an incline, just enough to test your lungs. At the end, you arrive at an old stone fireplace, the only remnant of a cabin erected a long time ago by the land owners. It makes for a nice spot for a sit-down snack of cheez-its and fruit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" src=\"http:\/\/thecheshiretrail.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/20181017_100506_HDR.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-954\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thecheshiretrail.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/20181017_100506_HDR.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/thecheshiretrail.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/20181017_100506_HDR-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption>Like a stone sentinel in the woods<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>You can certainly keep going further down the trail to explore the rest of the woods. I have yet to do so, after visiting the spot at least 3 times now. Perhaps on my next visit, when the need to unplug seems too overwhelming and better opportunities are lacking. For now, I will continue to keep this trail in my back pocket for when I need it most.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes, you just need an easy, accessible, quick fix. The first one is always free.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":956,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[50,33,42],"class_list":["post-951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-camping","tag-featured","tag-hiking","tag-local"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecheshiretrail.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/951"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecheshiretrail.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecheshiretrail.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecheshiretrail.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecheshiretrail.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=951"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thecheshiretrail.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/951\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":957,"href":"https:\/\/thecheshiretrail.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/951\/revisions\/957"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecheshiretrail.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/956"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecheshiretrail.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecheshiretrail.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecheshiretrail.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}