The second part of the hike, beyond Hines Road, was totally overgrown and impassable, so we urned around.We decided to make the walk into a loop by coming back on the road rather than retracing our steps through the woodsThe roads here don’t seem particularly dramatic, but they have a wonderful country feeling that I think is really special. Very quiet and deserted. Corner of Woodard Road and Stonehouse Road. I assume this is the house that gave the name to the road. Very beautiful and mysterious.
Rim trail along Shindagin gorge, upper Shindagin Hollow SF.
Nissed getting three people ….Normally when we emerge from the woods we head down a narrow steep path to the stream at the bottom of the gorge — but the path was so overgrown most people didn’t want to go down — so we walked down Shindagin Hollow Road to the bottom insteadIt’s a lovely walk and really just as satisfying as going down to the stream
