#80 - Emmenegger Nature Park

I needed a quick win one weekend on this blog, so I went to Russell E. Emmenegger Nature Park which is relatively close to my house. It is a nice small park with a 1.5 mile loop trail. The trail itself is well-maintained and it does have some steep sections so it was good for a little exercise. It does have pleasant overlooks, though the view is mostly the Chrysler Auto Plant. But down off the top you walk along the river and you can easily forget how close to civilization you are.

I wasn't planning on it but I did the loop twice. After I got off the trail I was approached by a woman who was looking for her friends. It seems someone else had found the friend's keys and cellphone at the park and called this woman @ the # in the phone. The woman came out from the city to retrieve the phone. Luckily I knew who she was talking about having passed them on the trail. So, I took her to the trail head and pointed her clockwise on the loop since her friends were on the western side of the trail when I overtook them.

But after I went back to my car I felt a bit guilty about leaving a woman wearing flats all alone in the wilds of Kirkwood, so I walked back and decided to go counterclockwise along the trail (as I had the first time) in case the friends weren't following the guidebook and they were traveling clockwise. I could intercept and hold them up for the woman with the keys to catch up.

As it turns out the friends were traveling clockwise, so we crossed paths again. But the keys were already retrieved. So with my wilderness guide skills no longer needed I continued counterclockwise.

Emmenegger trail - the trail so nice I did it twice!