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Saturday, July 13, 2024

Conservation Trail - Not All Paved

 Today's miles were tough only because it was impossibly humid. We got out early enough to beat the real heat, but it didn't really matter. About the first third was still paved trail.
conservation trail


After that, it was still the rail trail, but it was a grass surface. Nice to walk on! Our only real complaint was that the grassy trail had no benches. We walked and walked til we found a place we could sit for our break.


Some cute little white mushrooms looking like scarecrow hats.
white mushrooms


Miles hiked so far in 2024: 307.4. Finger Lakes Trail miles hiked in 2024: 40.1

Conservation Trail, Western NY. Shimerville Rd. to Forest Rd. 7.1 miles

BONUS SECTION: Ann's Garden

We went to host Joyce's sister's garden the other evening. It was beautiful! Come along.
garden entrance


She has waterfalls and ponds. This one has pink lights in the water.
constructed garden pool and waterfall


This one is even larger and has blue lights in the water.
constructed garden waterfall and pool


Container gardens on the steps are always nice with a number of different coleus and other things.
container garden


I really like the gooseneck loosestrife.
goosestrife loosestrife


But the garden phlox and daisies are spectacular too.
diasies and phlox


The new one to me was a large bush called sweetshrub with big flowers. It's supposed to be aromatic, but I didn't smell it. Next time.
sweetshrub


I'm in the very last stages of getting How to Hike the North Country Trail ready. The final check of the pdfs just happened. If I can stay awake, I'll upload them to the printer tonight. If not... tomorrow.

See Peanut Line and Stella T. Rex

1 comment:

Ann said...

Oh wow, that is a beautiful garden.