Another Day, Another Outing!

A perfect fall day led us back to Morrow Mountain Friday. We are so fortunate to have a state park of this caliber in such close proximity. And this day, Judy and I discovered some new trails to explore in addition to seeing the fall leaves at their peak.





The view from the mountaintop is hard to beat.








The camera can't quite capture the perspective, but here we're on the Three Rivers Trail, looking down from a high hill. If the trees were totally bare this spot would offer a terrific view of the spot on Lake Tillery where the Yadkin, Uwharrie, and Pee Dee Rivers join their waters.

I'm not wild about holly, in general, but these were the greenest, healthiest looking holly leaves I've seen.

These maple leaves are just as pretty on the ground as on the trees.

Judy spotted these unusual maple leaves on the mountaintop.

Ken is a tree hugger. Maybe you knew that.

Judy, on the other hand, is a tree leaner.The Quarry Trail was another that was new to us. Much of the slate used in constructing buildings and walls in the park was quarried here in the 1930's. I liked the way the sun caught these leaves as we gazed up from the depths of the quarry.

As you observe the slant of the metamorphic slate below, look close to the center for the anole (lizard). We saw at least four of these lizards crawling on the sun-warmed slate face. The anole's greatest trick is changing color. We have lots of them on the Farm Life School campus, but I've never succeeded in photographing one before.

Plenty more slate where that came from. Did I mention that JUDY spotted a black rat snake slithering into its whole at the quarry? This means that our last THREE snake sightings have been hers, not mine! Got that, Debi?

These persimmons must be reluctant to drop to the ground. Can't blame 'em. This was at the Kron House, a historic house within the park.
We thought this looked like a great tree for climbing.

I've been looking for a good place to try out my black-and-white photography. Here's the Kron House.

Dr. Kron's office.
End of the trail.

Happy Trails!