We spent a day hiking in Honeygo, eating Peruvian food, and at Marshy Point Science Center.

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The theme of the later half of 2025 for me lately has been self-care. I recently started a new job that’s in-person for the first time. I graduated from college four years ago and went to graduate school after a year of working freelance and contract jobs, which meant I got to procrastinate on adulthood for a little longer.

When I started my first “big girl” job though I could feel my soul crushed a little bit because I was losing time for the things I love the most, even though I acknowledged how grateful and happy I was to have this job, as well as the fact I could put food on the table as needed. That’s such an incredible privilege in life, especially considering how, at the time of typing this, SNAP benefits are disappearing amidst a government shutdown.

Anyways, I have been making space for the things and people I love while I work though, which has been a series of happy events for me overall. My one good friend from high school has been getting really into hiking, and while I’ve only been on one other hike with her, she’s planning on going multiple times a week.

So when she texted me asking if I wanted to check these trails out in Baltimore County, I agreed. That was the beginning of a long Sunday—and we did all of this before she went to work, too!

Here’s what we did over the course of that hiking day.

Honeygo Park in Perry Hall is such a nice space for families and individuals to go running, hiking, or play spots.

Our first stop of the day once she picked me up was to venture to a park in Perry Hall, Maryland, which is on the outskirts of Baltimore County. If you keep going north you hit Harford County and Pennsylvania. It’s kind of a quiet area once you’re off the main road, and I feel like there are a ton of families around here.

We wanted to check out the trails at Honeygo Park, as it seemed pretty easy and convenient for two people who didn’t want an intense hike. The trails are a bit hidden off of the paved walking and running path that loops around the park, but we spotted it as a little family was venturing back there as well.

We went along the red and blue trails back there, which are pretty small if you’re used to more intense hikes. We saw a lot of people just walking or running when we ran into other people, but overall we had the place to ourselves. There is a cute little marsh and stream along the trail, so you could dip your feet or skip stones while you’re here.

Once we wrapped up our time wandering the back woods of Honeygo, we decided to go eat up in Joppa and then head to Marshy Point. Honeygo took us about an hour and fifteen minutes to do all of the trails, which means that it’s not too long of an endeavor if you head back there.

Mi Sabor Peruano is some of the best Peruvian food around Baltimore.

Our next stop was fifteen minutes away in Joppa, which is the border town between Harford and Baltimore Counties. I’d been to Mi Sabor Peruano before and liked it a lot, so I told my friend about it and she wanted to go try it for herself. When we arrived at 12 PM on a Sunday, the place was literally dead.

I was so sad for them because they didn’t even have a single takeout order, but business did pick up a little bit just as we were finishing up our food and getting ready to leave. I ordered my go-to at this restaraunt, the lomo saltado, which is a Peruvian-Chinese dish that has steak, onions, tomatoes stir fried together over a bed of french fries and white rice.

It’s quite a filling dish, and I like theirs a lot. I ate half of it and took the other half home for my work lunch the next day. My friend really enjoyed her chicken burrito, and she couldn’t finish it as well and took it home. We both ordered chichas morada, which is a blue corn drink that I find to be so delicious and home-y. I’ve never seen it at Peruvian restaurants before.

Once we wrapped up and tipped our waitress, we headed off to our next destination: Marshy Point Science Center.

Marshy Point Science Center is a beautiful spot on Maryland’s marshes, making it an ideal spot to look out for wildlife.

When I was growing up, we used to actually take field trips to Marshy Point Science Center. I remember us going out on the marsh and looking for herons when I was in elementary school, as well as the park workers telling us about all the other kinds of wildlife you could find in the marsh’s waters.

This time, we arrived at the tail end of Trick or Treat on the walking paths and got to see some of the kids happy with their candy as they were leaving. We spent about two hours wandering the back trails of the science center, which are mainly in the woods. Not much to admire but the woods itself, except we did stumble across the back section of the marsh at one point and took some photos there.

At the beginning, when we finally looped back around, there is the actual science center where they have animals that you can learn about. We only went in to find a booklet on the other Baltimore County and Baltimore parks you can visit, as well as venture into the bathroom.

Then we headed to the beginning of the trail, as there’s a section of boardwalk where you can go out and look into the marsh and all of the reeds. It’s so pretty to look at, and since we went in fall when the leaves were changing, we got a nice view of the water and changing foliage.

After that, we piled into the car and headed home! It was such a lovely day hiking, and I can’t wait to venture more into Baltimore County and see what other spaces there are to explore.

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