Reaching the Lake

Trails can go for miles. Hikers and bike riders can cover the distance. However, I’m in for the slow and observing mode of exploring. 🙂

The trail markers were hard to read. But maybe you can see the request on this one. It says not to rake the leaves to prevent soil erosion. Good idea, but I wonder who would be carrying a rake out on the trail?
Big ole lichen covered rocks! Some are crustose lichens and some Flavoparmelia baltimorensis (best guess), a foliose lichen.
A nice find along the trail, Ground Plum (Astragalus crassicarpus)!
Where the fairies sip their drinks at the Pebble Pixie Cups (Cladonia pyxidata)! Furthermore the fairies were sleeping it off somewhere else as none were in sight. 😉
Behind one rock a few feet off the trail was an official geocache box. What treasures would it hold?

Of course I opened and left a treasure. Mine was the adhesive dressing. Hey it was all I had. FYI, this was just a chance find.

Then as is the tradition, I left my name. 🙂
More lichen-covered rocks. The trail seemed to be on a ridge with each side sloping down like this.

We had reached the lake. And it was time to head back to camp.

This was a very interesting trail!

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3 Comments

  1. That big ole lichen covered rock looks like s grumpy human being. And of course the fairies were hiding. They always do when humans are around.

  2. Never know what one will find out on a trail – that was a good one! So when do the fairies come out?
    Amazed at the blue monkey.

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