A day of Magic: Sun dappled trails, crisp cold air, glacial erratics, great friends, Sukee, a lost elephant, Jewels Loop Trail, very high places, Fall hat styles, fungi, foliose lichens, a go wherever you feel like going trail sign, British Soldier lichen, and a moustache for Tony thanks to thegreen plastic garnish on his sushi.… Continue reading

Two hikes, really! We started out at Tony’s house where we hiked up to see the Fringed Gentians that are now blooming by his beaver pond. The sun hadn’t reached them yet, so we had to settle with seeing them unopened. Their spectacular color was evident in the unopened buds. We’ll go back later some… Continue reading

A beautiful and strenuous hiking day. I’ve included the out of focus “Steep Hill” sign because it surely was all of that. We showed our mettle and got to the top of it after a long long long uphill climb. Some downed trees blocked trails, old beaver ponds were dried up, but at last!! we… Continue reading

Although the weather forecast had rain in it, we decided to go ahead and hike anyway as the forecasts for rain haven’t amounted to much during this continuing drought. The nice surprise was that we did get some rain, but it didn’t last, and most of the hike was under cloudy, but dry skies. This… Continue reading