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Cuyahoga Valley National Park 8 Mile hike loop

Sorry for the late content

My good friend and I linked these two trails together for a longer hike. Yes, we had to do a little road work, but still worth it.

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Saturdays 13.6 Mile hike in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park

I took a longer route on a hike today in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park (CVNP). I put together a 13.6 Mile route in Basecamp “this is the program that Garmin uses”.

This loop took me into a few places I did not know existed and it was a pleasure for sure. A few small creek crossings and a few goat up hill climbs. I ascended 2012 feet and descended 1999 feet. I did this throughout the hike today.

It has rained and rained a lot here in Buckeye state. So, it surprised me today to see people in sneakers.  There were a lot of trail runners today.  I also ran into a young man who was actually using a small section of a USGS topo-map. I was shocked and thrilled to see this.

IMHO if you start with the basics this will make you a better person when it comes to mountaineering and hiking. I was approaching him after crossing the creek.  He asked me how far a road was from where we stood together. I pulled out my Garmin 64sx and did a straight-line distance measurement and told him.

You could tell he was young and was wearing a lightly used backpack.  He said thank you and that he was doing the trail in small steps, so he does not get overwhelmed. I said great idea and asked him if he had water. He said he did “I said be careful and see you again” on the trail and bidded him a good day.

I ran into a lot of standing water north of Vaughn Road along the Cuyahoga River.

I have high attention to detail when I create my content. I am still learning about my GoPro pros and cons.  I have realized that GoPro 13 does a super job when the sun is out in full force and you’re not in the middle of the forest. It has issues with dimly lit areas.

When used in an environment such as this you get distortion in the video sometimes it is subtle and sometimes it looks awful.

Well through some other social media outlets I have learned a few tricks. The one option when turned off is the hypersmooth.  When I to this you see my head ditty boppin down the path and to be honest its hard to watch and far to distracting.

I am not producing film quality for professional films, but it’s hard to watch.  With I don’t have any video to share from the hike.

I will do a short hike on Memorial Day and tweak my setting yet again.

I am thinking I am willing to lose some detail in the videos I take. It will not detract from the big picture what I am trying to show the viewer I believe.  There will be some motion blur and some pixelation. These issues have been visible, but at this point they have been minor.  For me it does not detract from the over experience that my videos are attempting to show.

I will keep doing it this way and keep learning as I go. Be well folks and until next time.

Sundays Hike in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park for 10.8 Miles

I had to wait for Sunday to do any hiking. We had some heavy rainstorms hit us.  

I wanted to hike for 10 miles. I like this distance in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park (CVNP). 

One issue with a trail that long it’s tough to get away from others. There are trails a person can join that will allow you to do this.  

I took two routes and joined them to make a 10.3 mile hike through Garmin Basecamp.  

I would first have to utilize All Trails to down the two trails.  

I connected them with one mile of roadway. The temperature was balmy 51 degrees. The wind gusts that were over 20 mph made it chilly throughout the hike. 

 I saw very view people when I originally started at 0800.  

Part of my route was on a bridal trail. I never saw any pasture puppies. I was kind of hoping to see a few on this day. Instead, I saw tons of spring flowers, red squirrels, fox squirrels, and a few dogs.  

I am still learning about my GoPro and the low light conditions this morning and how in some areas the videos look great and some they look like dirt lol.