Valley Garden Park, DE - Sept 6, 2010

Mom was going to be playing tennis on Labor Day, September 6, so the girls and I had a chance to get out to a park that we had never been to before. Strangely enough, it had a few geocaches in it... So for the cost of a pair of cheap hiking poles from Target (the girls have been demanding their own), we set off for Valley Garden Park. I'm not sure what town it is in officially, but for us it is on the other side of Greenville. Not more than maybe 20 minutes from home, but somewhere I did not even know existed or had any desire to visit prior to geocaching.


The Park is pretty nice, with a number of paved multi-use paths, and a small stream flowing through the center of it that drew the kids to it like a magnet. It is very much a walk the dog or go for a jog park, more so than a hiking experience.


We did still manage to find a few nice bits of unpaved trail, and get into the woods and find two geocaches. We also came upon the neat old stone bench and staircase pictured here. At some point in the past, someone had put a lot of work into building this, and the quality of the workmanship was such that it had lasted what seemed like a good long time. Or I could be wrong and Disney built it last year. Either way, it was pretty and the girls liked playing on it.

We left after 2 caches and a relatively brief hike, but there are three more caches in the woods here, so we will be back.