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Showing posts with label Hemlock Beech Trail. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hemlock Beech Trail. Show all posts

Monday, April 5, 2010

Maggie Says- Let's Hike


dog on trail


Maggie hasn't had much chance to tell you what she thinks lately. She likes the nice weather and going for more walks. Today we went to two trails in Manistee. One is a nature trail that I hike about once a year, and the other was brand new to me. It's shorter, but has a lot of variety. I really like new hiking spots!

I had a hard time picking the pictures for today, so it's just a mix of stuff I liked.
fencepost with hole


I love the light coming through the hole in this old fence post.
ridge trail sign


This is a sign on the new trail. It's a short loop on lower ground, with a cross trail in the middle that follows, take a guess, a ridge.
white tree trunks


This was a surprise of tone. As I came to the top of the ridge and just before the trail turned to follow it, this mix of white birch and maples with the light blue sky behind was just so bright that it seemed memorable.
white birch bark


One really large white birch tree had such interesting patterns on the bark that I had to take its picture.

Tomorrow, large trees!


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