Looking southwest at the corner of Mr. Fletcher’s Ride and an unnamed path about 1/2 mile in from our usual entry point into Hitchcock Woods. Three weeks since our last visit and spring has sprung inside the woods. We stumbled on a couple of clusters of wild azaleas that were blooming while we walked and the dogwoods were still mostly in bloom (if you look down the trail to the right you can see one.)
Looking southwest at the corner of Mr. Fletcher’s Ride and an unnamed path about 1/2 mile in from our usual entry point into Hitchcock Woods. Outside the woods, spring is in it’s early stages, but inside it is just starting. The dogwood outside my window at home is is in full bloom, while the one that the passed on this morning’s walk was just starting to flower. I picked this corner in the fall when it was colorful, but there isn’t any thing that will flower heralding spring, so I need to find a different spot that will be more colorful at this time of year for my next yearlong photo essay.
Went for a little hike in Hitchcock Woods this afternoon for two reasons; one to take this picture. Which looks pretty much like the last two months photos. I bet next month’s will show some change, because spring will be cranking up by then. And two was to go for a nice walk in the woods. I know we were rained out of hiking last week, but for some reason it seems longer than 2 weeks since we’ve hiked.
Went for a stroll in the woods today. First time I’ve walked further than the car to work and back since I broke a toe a week ago. This was a test walk to see how I would do and to snap my monthly photo looking southwest at the corner of Mr. Fletcher’s Ride and an unnamed path about 1/2 mile in from our usual entry point. Foot felt good, but I took the picture turned a little further to the right than the previous two. I’ve got to remember to glance at the pics I’ve already posted so I can get lined up right.
Went for another hike in the woods this weekend, same crew, Donna & I and Carol & John, but different trail. I took this of the “gang” as they rounded a switchback in front of me. Carol, who doesn’t like to have her picture taken, will be pleased that I snapped this at just the right moment, as she was mostly hidden behind a tree. 🙂
I’m brining it back the top transition count for the year 2005. I had been thinking about late last year and thought I might go ahead and do it. I figured I’d wait until the first of the year and start on New Year’s Day. Well New Year’s Day has come and gone and I forgot to put the count on the page. I have been so busy trying to combine blogs that that little detail slipped my mind. Fortunately we have had a rash of spring-like weather recently so there hasn’t been a rash of movement. It was easy to backtrack to January 1st When it started down, I put it up for the early morning drive to the hiking location, after hiking it went down for the trip home and there it has been ever since.
I know two years in a row, can hardly be called a tradition, but it is a start. Last year on New Year’s Day Donna and I went for a hike in the Sumter National Forrest on a trial that we used to mountain bike back in the day. The Horn Creek Trail is almost 6 miles long in Lick Fork State Park about 30 miles from Aiken. This year we invited another couple we know from the Miata Club to join us. Even though both John and I had washed our cars the day before, we didn’t flinch too bad at having to drive the last 1/2 mile to the trailhead on a dirt/gravel road. (I did use the California Duster when I got home.)
