Weekend event: Take a walk in the woods
What better way to spend a May weekend than outdoors, exploring one of the largest urban woodland parks on the East Coast?
On Saturday, CampFire USA Baltimore is offering guided hikes in Gwynns Falls/Leakin Park, followed by music and refreshments. If you haven't been there before, it's a sylvan, streamside retreat on the city's West Side, with stone dwellings and other remnants of Baltimore's history tucked away amid the trees.
It's for a good cause - or causes, actually. Proceeds from the Urban Hike benefit CampFire USA Baltimore, which provides after-school programs for city kids that are meant to help kids learn about the environment, work together and manage conflicts. It'll also help your kids connect with nature - something studies show they're not getting enough of, and are poorer for it.
Admission is $15 for adults, free for kids under 12. The hiking begins at 9 a.m., at the Winans Meadow trailhead, with celebration lasting until noon at the Cardin Pavilion. Go here for tickets, directions or other details. For more info, email info@discovercfusa.org or call 443-524-2591.
(2002 Baltimore Sun photo Gwynns Falls Trail by Jerry Jackson)
