And We're Off......

June 23, 2010 Today we started out on our "quest" to walk all of the Portland Trails this summer. The day was gloomy, but when the rain stopped we headed to Falmouth to the site of many fond memories-The Maze Craze Playground. The playground structure has been replaced and moved, but in the woods nearby a trail has been created for hiking, with several exercise stations scattered throughout.   We thought this trail would be a good place to start because it didn't look lengthy and we were familiar with the area, or so we thought.  Twenty five minutes after finding the sign that we thought would lead us to the trail head, we finally found it. So beware! We have also added a photo of the trail head, which is before and to the left of the sign.   Photo of the Trail Head We learned a lot on our journey today: 1)  Don't assume the trail is well marked.  This one was not.2)  Bring a small notebook and a pencil in our pack.  We would love to give our readers accurate information about the trails.  3)Bring a phone.  That way we can receive texts about the US Soccer team while we are walking.4)There are more than the 30 trails on the map.There are 30 trails that are numbered and described on the map, but then there are several trails which are shown on the map, but not described or numbered. This was one of them.   This trail head is located between the Lunt School and the Plummer-Motz School in Falmouth, at the site which once held the fabulously famous Maze Craze playground.  The pictures included are of the sign, the trail head and a view of the trail as we were walking.  Since we are just beginning with our blogging skills as well, we apologize that they are not labeled. Overall,this was a nice walk but we were disappointed with the markings on the trail and the general maintenance.