Thursday, May 7, 2015

April 30th Walker's Club- LaSalle, Tonti


Best photo of the hike
Sorry this post is a little late.  We had a beautiful day a few days after a heavy rain, which meant the waterfalls we saw were flowing great.  Today we had 43 walker's and 3 dog.  That is a record. We met in the Lodge's lobby and carpooled to the Parkman's Plain parking lot off of Rt. 71. and walked into Owl, LaSalle, Tonti and to the bottom of the steps by Lonetree.


43 walkers and 3 dogs


Our state flower - Violet


Blue Phlox


Virginia Bluebells are still hanging on


Virginia Blue bells


Owl Canyon


Squirrel Corn


At the mouth of Owl Canyon - Kevin is taking a break


Prairie Trillium


Swamp Buttercup I think (I always have trouble with this one)


The buds on the Columbine


Mouse eared Chickweed


Jack in the Pulpit



LaSalle Canyon


West wall in LaSalle Canyon


Tonti Canyon


Creeping Charlie




Coming across the LaSalle Canyon Bridge


Trash picked up during the hike.  Yes that is a duck decoy!


Ellie also found this frisbee on the river trail.  She was wearing it as a necklace throughout the hike.
I will leave you with this: The human spirit needs places where nature has not been rearranged by the hand of man.

1 comment:

  1. Thanks, Edna. As always, I enjoyed the pictures and the descriptions of the hike.

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