The kids are back in school so I’m trying to get more short hikes in during the day. This time out, I went to East Fork to scout around the mountain bike trails.
The chicken of the woods is starting to make an appearance so the next time I’m out I’ll probably hit the other side of the lake where I know a few spots from last year that were really producing these mushrooms. I don’t know if they regrow in the same spot every year but I’m interested to see. I haven’t eaten these yet but they are supposed to be good.
As I made my way down the trail, a geocache caught my eye. I dropped a business card in and signed the logbook wishing I had a small trinket to drop in the box for the next person to find the cache. As I turned to go, I noticed there was a turtle shell full of rain water laying there as well, so I moved it over next to the ammo box.
Summer is just about to that point where things go from lush and green to burnt and brown around the edges and begging for autumn. The woods were wetter than I’m used to seeing them in August and there was standing water in several spots along the hike. Not a ton of bugs out, but definitely enough to be annoying.