I took this hike solo with only one dog. Red and I drove up to the park and easily found the trailhead. After a brief course through light forest, we came to river where the trail turned to left and followed it down along a rocky, rocky, rocky path. It was as if some vengeful god had dumped truckload after truckload of rocks and boulders along the trail. By this time, I had acquired some good hiking boots, but no trekking poles. So, my ankles survived the treacherous terrain, but I did have a couple slips here and there. Not to mention that the weather was misty that day, making the rocks slippery. (Hence the aptly named town of Slippery Rock, not far from where we were.) This hike was only 3.2 miles, but it was slow going due to the rough terrain.The trail led us along until we encountered McConnells Mill, which was closed at the time, but still offerred a much needed bench for resting. The trail continued past the mill and back into the forest. Some time later we reached Eckert Bridge, the halfway point. We crossed the bridge and turned right onto the Kildoo trail which is now part of the North Country Trail. The NCT runs from New York to North Dakota and will be over 4000 miles long when complete. Anyways, the Kildoo trail took us back up the river on the opposite side until we crossed a covered bridge that put us back at the mill. From this point we retraced our steps to the car.
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