Today I walked on the Torrey C Brown Trail, formerly known as the North Central Rail Trail. This trail starts on Ashland Road in Hunt Valley and goes north to the Maryland-Pennsylvania line. It is about 20 miles long. The path is extremely well-designed and safe. The 'mileage markers' are clear and this helps with maintaining ones barrings for the walk. The path was once a train track and relics from that era are still preserved along the trail. The history of the trail is shown on plaques along the route. Parking is ample. The folks who shared the path with me this morning seemed friendly. If you need to escape to a place that offers solace and luscious woodlands, this is the place. You can ease into your own relaxed pace while taking in the verdant environs. Putting yourself into a Thoreau mindset is not easy if you live in Charm city, but with this sanguine walk, it is doable. A quote which crystallizes the experience is from Thoreau himself:
"As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single thought will not make a pathway in the mind. To make a deep physical path, we walk again and again. To make a deep mental path, we must think over and over the kind of thoughts we wish to dominate our lives."
http://www.dnr.state.md.us/greenways/ncrt_trail.html
(source: Wikipedia and brainyquote)
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