Four hours of hiking, steep ups and downs, and water water EVERYWHERE. Lots of streams to cross, lots of slippery leaf covered trails. And lots of solid good old fun. Not much plant life to report except this evergreen Rattlesnake Plantain looking really healthy and ready for the winter ahead. (As are we.) Lunch at… Continue reading

Temperature at 21 degrees, but only light winds, so very pleasant hiking on very open trails – but with no trail markers. Nancy knows this 3 1/2 mile hike pretty well and used her GPS once in a while just to be sure. Icicles are forming, shallow spots are freezing over, and winter is a-comin’.The… Continue reading

5 hikers and one smelly German Shepher drive to the trail head. Perfect hiking weather! Lots of really fast flowing streams and soggy trails. A curious stone structure, 6’x9’x3’. A hunters blind was suggested, but I don’t think so. If you know, please tell me. Pipsissewa plants. I’ve never seen them until today. Sure would… Continue reading

Steady rain, but temperature in upper 50s, so off we went. Bear Swamp is a place we love, especially in May when it teems with wildflowers. Today it pretty much just teemed with rain! But it was colorful, the woods smelled so good, the trails were interesting and varied, and spirits were high. That marked… Continue reading