It's always exciting to explore a new forest and last weekend was no exception. On what was, probably the last summerlike day of the year, we went for a walk at a little-used interpretive hiking trail very close to home.
The trail was well maintained with plenty of trail markers and benches to rest on. Surprisingly, it has no name or signs to direct you to the location. We came upon it by chance.
As usual, one of our party took the lead following the mossy path, but kept checking to make sure we weren't too far behind.
I was surprised to see so many fresh green ferns so late in the fall.
We spotted plenty of chaga mushroom attached to the old yellow birches.
We do not harvest the chaga we find on our walks as we obtain ours from a managed wood lot from trees destined to be sold as firewood.
Who can resist a wooden bridge crossing a running stream?
Thanks for joining us on our walk today, and thanks to 