Deer Slumber Party? Sleuthing tracks in the Snow...

I returned to Woodway and was happy to see my trails being used - both by folks in the neighborhood and animals!

A return visit - trails are being used! :-)

Remnants of Deer Beds 

Quite a few!

Tracks In The Snow

Deer Tracks

My snowshoe tracks

Probably a dog

Me thinks this was from a squirrel
Digging up his stashed nuts

Woodway - Snowshoeing

After Nor'easter Gail dump 8+ inches on us - I decided to walk up to Woodway Park and snowshoe my trails. It was very beautiful!

Warm Day - Quickie HIke

I sadly haven't had a chance to get out for a month or so being very preoccupied elsewhere - but today the weather was so nice - nothing could stop me from partaking of the woods!

Ah... Indian Ledge!

Ooo la la  - Bare Naked Tree :-)

The White Trail

Copper Creek

Fallen Giant

Back at Indian Ledge

Indian  Ledge

Woodway Revival

Raked out the trails for autumn riding.  The sunlight through the trees was nice!

Trumbull - MIsty Morning

It was a warm but overcast and misty morning. I headed over to Trumbull but the ground cover was kinda wet so I decided to ride the rail trail.

Rail Trail

Despite the gray weather it was actually quite charming on the Rail Trail. I imagine the warm temperatures were the reason I found it so enjoyable.

A bit overcast but still very scenic!

This would be a great place to perform on my Native American flute

Hiking in the Park

After my Rail Trail ride I stashed the bike back on the car and headed in with the rake to do some TM.

Hmmm... coming soon!

Ah yes another nice spot to play the flute

Scenic!!

At the old trail by the cliffs

Gotta love it here!

Autumn In The Valley | Yellow Blazes

It was a beautiful autumn day and Kevin and I spent a few hours enjoying the scenery while updating the yellow blazes. It was chilly but thankfully it gradually warmed up. As always... a great day in the valley!

We explored an awesome side trail that lead us above the billboard cliff.

Wow - Remnants of ancient glacial/water torrents 

The stream crossing was uniquely beautiful - the high water level and surrounding forest was bathed in a special sunlight...

Ah yes - we refreshed the yellow blazes up to the fire road.

Quickie At Luther Forest

After my impromptu concert yesterday upstate at The Indian Kill Nature Preserve, I headed over to Luther Forest for a quickie Sunday morning. I had agreed to meet my mother for a chat late morning so I only had time to do the south loops. Needless to say it's always fun bombing on the trails at Luther. 

I hadn't been there in quite a while and there was a lot of evidence of forestry activity (large swaths of cut areas). The weather was a but chilly but the sun was out. It as a great (but too short) ride :-)

Entrance (southside)

Lots of cut areas (forestry)

I always love ferns!...

Evidence of Forestry Activity