Short Hike Close to Home June 2018 Southern Adirondacks

[kwc]

Visited a local DEC wildlife area close to our home ... on a sunny Sunday afternoon. Loop trail around the marsh through the forest with some long bridges across portions of the marsh.

trail head sign

First view of the marsh ...

periscope in the marsh grasses ... definitely kept his eye on me until I went back into the woods and the trail

wild iris

one of the bridges across a portion of the marsh

view from the bridge ...

looking up through the trees along the trail ...

another view of the marsh ... you can see a portion of one bridge on the far right and the other bridge center left in the distance.

beaver "house" ... not sure if it's inhabited any longer as I didn't see any recent activity anywhere around the marsh ...

soaking up the warm sun ...

view from the second bridge ...

one the many bullfrogs in the marsh ...

last season's cattail ...

It was a nice relaxing afternoon hike around the marsh ... hiked maybe 2.5 miles all told. Quite different than the 10+ miles we had walked the day before in NYC.

 

[Miya]

Thanks for the share! Love all the close up shots. That frog looks adorable!