Wednesday we hiked in warm temperatures, almost too warm, but not terrible. It's just hard to go from cool to hot so quickly. We were on roads all day long. I know that probably sounds unpleasant, but it isn't really. The roads are little traveled, and you often get views, because the trees don't close everything in.
Can you guess that we walked over Walton Mountain? It was 1200 feet up, but the grade wasn't bad, and it turned out to be a really easy day at 8.2 miles. We were actually done by noon.
The day was hazy, so views were muted, but with a beauty of their own.
Two of my personal roadside favorites- yellow common buttercup and birds-eye speedwell.
We were not sorry to finish hiking quite early. We spent part of the afternoon sitting in the cars waiting out a downpour.
But the evening cleared up, and the geese brought their brand new babies out for a first swim.
OK- gotta head to work fast! Bye.
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6 comments:
The geese are good to see. I haven't seen any here in a long time. I can't go near our closest river because everything is flooding right now.
Birds-eye speedwell, it made me feel old seeing the name if it is V. chamaedrys it was known as birds-eye here but many moons ago it became germander thank goodness for latin :)
maybe hazy and muted but still a pleasant view. I love that second picture and the baby geese are adorable
Did you see John Boy??? ;)
Looks lovely out there...you make me wanna go camping.
Ratty- It was fun to watch the parents introduce the babies to water. They have to build up enough oil on their feathers to be able to do more than wade.
Carol- yes, I think that is right. I did a fast and dirty ID because I had to get to work. I'd better check
Ann- I like the third one best
Lin- It was hard not to make those mental connections!
Baby geese, too cute, under the parent's watchful eyes.
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