Better Half and I escaped to the Shawnee State Forest this weekend
to enjoy the exuberant January sunshine
and to stretch our winter weary legs.
We took a hike along the Harry S. Knighton Trail,
a fairly easy hiking trail between Turkey Creek Lake and Roosevelt Lake.
Mr. Knighton, for whom the trail is named, was a noted naturalist and mycologist.
A mycologist, Better Half informs me,
is one dedicated to the study of the subject of the above photo, fungi.
Better Half captured this photo with his Iphone.
Here we are along the trail, Better Half, the one with his hands in his pockets,
somewhat gamely playing along.
I learned, on this hike, that four types of aquatic turtles make their home in the lake.
The only turtle with which I have any familiarity is the box turtle,
the turtles I move to the side of the road when I see them flirting with death.
They too live at the lake, though they are terrestrial.
No turtles were observed this day.
Gorgeous lime green mosses lined the path,
brightening the drab greys and browns of the landscape.
The water level in the lake was low, exposing the shallow parts of the lake.
Better Half remarked that the pungent marine smell was like taking a trip to the beach
without taking a trip to the beach.
Smack dab in the middle of the lake,
a host of ducks and geese sunbathed on an island of their own.
I couldn't get enough of the brilliant sunshine and the clear sparkling waters
trickling along the path.
Next nice day, if you find yourselves in our neck of the woods, the Harry S. Knighton Trail
makes for a very pleasant afternoon.
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