Best day of the year!!
Gateway Trail: 8.6 miles today
Lots of polite bicycle riders sharing the trail
Runner Dude was out there meeting us coming and going... Always so energizing!
Spruce, pine, cedar
Oaks (red, white and burr oak), birch, poplar, cottonwood, hackberry, maples, ash, large & small leaf linden
Ferns, berry bushes, wildflowers I can't name...
.. AND
DANDELIONS!!
We were hearing at least 2 different bird songs all the way, and when we ran past ponds, the frogs.
Truly, there is no snow on Gateway.
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Glorious Spring on Gateway Trail
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7 comments:
*finally* some spring for you midwesters...glad you are getting out there and enjoying it.
Looks like a nice trail. Wooded too, that's nice. Here in VA an invasive strangling vine has denuded our wonderful W&OD Trail of much of its shade trees and cover so it can be broiling in summer.
This time of year I don't recognize buckthorn.. the invasive non-native plant that is bushes, growing into trees, that chokes out everything else.
But I'm sure they haven't eradicated it all on Gateway.
At last, no more snow! I'm sure you're thrilled. A true sign of spring, the dandelion. Enjoy your runs. Looks like such a nice trail!
I love dandelions! 8.6 miles in beautiful weather, with gorgeous spring all around...meeting your love twice on the trail...what could be better?
Beautiful!! Best day of the year indeed. :)
Ahhh, I can't wait to get back on the Gateway...
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