Today we joined fellow Appalachian Mountain Club members for a tour of SERC and a hike around its large grounds in Maryland south of Annapolis. The ecology of their grounds is quite diverse. A former tobacco plantation, the grounds sit on the Rhode River, an estuary of the Chesapeake Bay, in southern Anne Arundel County.
It was fun to meet up with some other hikers, and the work of SERC is fascinating. We had great weather and our 5-mile hike was quite pleasant, in and out of woods, up and down hills, and along the water.
Here are some photos from our outing. The ruins you see are the remains of the plantation house, which was built in the 1700's.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/scranton21/sets/72157629505499675/
You can learn more about SERC by visiting its website at http://www.serc.si.edu/about/history.aspx.
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