Wanderbirds Plan to Explore Along Pimmit Run to SourceHiker's Route to Lie Through Woodlands and Meadows by Robert Shosteck This Sunday the Wanderbirds will go on an exploring trip along Pimmit Run, starting from a point 1 mile from Chain Bridge, and ending near the source of the stream in the vicinity of Idylwood, Va. This hike offers a variety of late autumn scenery, and we pass through meadows, woodlands and rolling pastures. 
Readers and club members who wish to go on this 7-mile hike will meet in front of The Post Building at 10:00 a.m. Sunday, and board buses for the starting point of the hike. Phone in reservations at National 4200 by Saturday night. The round trip fare will be 50 cents. Bring lunch and a cup for coffee, and leave the silks and high heels at home. As shown by the map, the route follows a dirt road a short way downhill to Pimmit Run, which we follow for nearly 2 miles to the first spring. This portion of the route traverses woods and meadows, and the open trail follows closely the bank of the run. Hikers should be on the lookout for hazelnuts and hickory nuts, both of which are now ripe and falling. Leaving the spring, the hikers will make a slight detour over a hill to Viresco, a station on the abandoned Great Falls electric line. Pimmit Run in this vicinity becomes rather rocky and reminds on of the streams near Great Falls. Club cameramen will have an opportunity to take some fine panoramic shots from the hill which we climb just before reaching Great Falls road. From this point on we follow old woods roads and pasture trails until we reach Idylwood, where the buses will be waiting for use near the railway station. Hike schedules for November and December and copies of the Potomac Trails book will be available on Sunday morning when you buy your bus tickets. |
