Wednesday, April 6, 2016

Exploring the trails at Saltwater State Park


After having a nice time with Viva it was time to hit the trails at Salt Water State Park with D'light. 
Up, up, up we go...


 


D'light is in his element and he's very excited to be on in the "woods".




A cool tree that has been in this position for a while.




View of the tree from the other side.




I was very excited to see trillium in bloom



Off we go and you can see by D'light's ears & body language he's on critter patrol!




The trail cuts under the bridge




We are on the lookout for critters, flowers and fungi!



This was cool - a tree growing over an old tree stump
 



This tree grew the same way but the old tree stump is now long gone




A field of ferns




Lots to smell




"Oh critters where are you?"




Silly boy and we didn't see a single critter. But, that doesn't stop D'light from be "ready".




There were a number of bridges to cross on the trail




A woodpecker has been busy




We pretty much have the place to ourselves. 
I'm guessing when it's nice out this park is hoping busy.




D'light was really into this bridge. 
He was doing a lot of detailing and bracketing.  Clearly some kind of critter was here fairly recently.






Time to get moving




We find even more trillium




"Look here!"




A cluster of moss and other living things on this post




There were lots ferns growing up to the trees




A huge cluster of trillium
 


We found some pink trillium! 




"Come on!"




The boys get a move on while I take some more pictures of the trillium
 




We find some big trees




With fungi growing up way up!




This tree had to be over 70 ft tall and I couldn't the whole tree in a picture





Here's what was growing at the base of the same tree




"Come see what dad found"




More fungi growing up trees








Time to get a move on




Here's more of what we spotted on our walk






We cross a stream




And find these great bright yellow plants








We make our way back up the hillside




We've done half of the trail loop - we started on the other side of the bridge.




Up we go to check out the next section of our adventure.




2 comments:

  1. Oh I can't wait to check out Saltwater State park! Can't beleive I forgot about this jewel. You should check out Seahurst park sometime too! If it's on a week end let me know and we hopefully could join you!

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    1. I will have to look up Seahurst Park as I've not heard of it.

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