Just for the oddity of it, here is yet another method of marking turns on the NCT. When the land manager does not allow the standard blazing, creative things happen. The thing I'm talking about is the little arrow on top of a single blaze.
Since I am far south of my latitude, I was hoping I would find some wildflowers. For a while there, it didn't seem as if I would find any. But the skunk cabbage is already getting leaves, so I was hopeful.
Yeah! I did find some Virginia Spring Beauty. Claytonia virginiana
One alien roadside plant, but I'll pretty much take anything that is blooming. This is purple Deadnettle, Lamium purpureum
This is pretty cool- a red admiral was flitting around
We had a nice dinner. Chicken and salad/salsa and tater tots.
Total miles hiked in 2024: 186.6 of which 66.6 is North Country Trail.
North Country Trail, Oak Openings Metropark, Ohio. Reed Rd to Whitehouse-Swanton Road and back, plus road. 2.8 miles
In other news: Marianne helped me make some good decisions about the formatting of my book and then I worked on it for a few hours.
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4 comments:
Looks like it was a nice day for a hike.
Dinner sure looks tasty.
Grew up near oak openings park, many boy scout hikes on their 17 mile trail. That and hiking along towpath trails were my introduction to backpacking.
I'd love to get out in the woods, but I do remember those spring wildflowers.
Ann- we are doing a bit too much eating
Doug- cool! I didn't know that
Stew- can you get out at all?
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