The Trail Above the Duck Pond

At Shrine Mont, March 14: If you head up the mountain a little way from the pond by the tennis court, you climb up to a rock formation. On the other side of the rock is a wooden stairway going downhill. I'm pretty sure this trail connects with the trail from the stone church.

Ben and I did not try to navigate the stairway. A sudden lunge on his part could pull me down the stairs, and besides, we had walked far enough. We headed back the way we came. My feet slid a little bit on a steep stretch where several inches of leaves covered the trail, but we made it back to the pond without me falling.