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| Best photo of today's hike |
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| And we're off! |
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| Today much of our hike was on a multi use trail. Cross Country Skiing and Horseback Riding |
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| Common Thistle |
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| Even though this looks purple, it is called "Great Blue Lobelia" |
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| I've been trying to identify some butterflies lately. I used this booklet to identify the following butterfly. They sell these among other guides in the gift shop at the Lodge. Other guides are available for wildflowers, birds and trees. |
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| An American Lady Butterfly hanging out on some Daisy Fleabane |
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| American Lady |
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| Common Mildweed |
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| One of my favorite photos from the walk around Lake Matthiessen |
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| Matthiessen Lake |
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| The "Boat House" at Matthiessen Lake |
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| Lake Falls |
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| Waterfall near Giant's Bathtub |
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| Ferns and Lichen on the sandstone walls |
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| With 34 walker's someone has to be last. |
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| Lots of roots on the trail |
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| Lots of roots make up the trail |
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| Pay attention, follow the leader, one step at a time. |
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| Looking South and down into the Cascade Falls area (no waterfall today) |
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| Poor Mandy, lots of cockle burrs today. Her master Roseanne, says she takes many of them off herself. Roseanne also will be giving here a good brushing when they get home. (Maybe that is why she got the burrs in the first place). |
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| Rattlesnake Root |
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| Looking at the bridge by the Lake Shelter that is over Lake Falls |
I always enjoy your hike blogs!
ReplyDeleteSo glad to find your blog (recent post!) mentioning the boat house. I've seen vintage postcards of the old boat house in Deer Park, and always wondered if it still existed. Would you happen to know if the boat house in your photo is the old structure? And is it the back view, or has the water feature dried up? Thanks!
ReplyDeleteTo my knowledge this is the original structure. It received a new roof a few years ago. There were some raccoons that had taken up residence. They have it roped off again because of interior deterioration. The water feature is still there, it is called Matthiessen Lake. If it is the same structure, it would have to have been moved as it is in line with the bridge and the lake is below the bridge. Yes the photo is taken from the back side. I am actually at the Lake's edge looking up.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Edna! My husband and I hiked at Matthiessen for the first time last Saturday (April 17), and it was like a dream after only looking at old post card images of it for some time. The trail map was a little confusing, but I hope to find my way around much easier with every future visit. Now to convince my husband to go on the Mega Hike next weekend! :)
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