I am so incredibly lucky to live close to two huge parks with miles and miles of trails. Labor Day weekend I headed out after a big dinner to walk it off with a sunset hike at Kensington. I found my zen.
The trail head.
A bridge over troubled waters? There was peace on the other side!
Loved the way this tree arched over the path to create a tunnel.
It was very sunny to the west and very cloudy to the east so the sun played some cool tricks with the lighting.
This little cardinal was cheeping like crazy making it easy to find him.
One of MANY Sandhill cranes that I encountered on my route. They were quite the noisy bunch.
Breathtaking vistas!
Another of my big buddies. This one was fighting with another and almost ran me over!
The black dot in the middle is a hot air balloon. One of several that were out there.
Little family of swans.
No idea what kind of bird this is but he sat very still in this spot for a long time. I cam back to this spot about an hour after I took this picture and he was still there.
Same bird later on.
Wild mustard is blooming like mad right now. Some of the trees are starting to change too.
This old farm implement is in the middle of the woods. No idea why - the sign near it is gone. Just struck me kind of funny.
One of the sandhill cranes that was in my way and really in no big hurry to move out of it, either!
Sun hitting the trees in the distance.
Lonely little duck swimming by while I was waiting for the sunset and relaxing.
I saw a family staring down over the side of the bridge for a while so I took a look. Some HUGE fish down there!
And it was worth the wait. Fabulous.
And in the process I got myself a good 5 miles of walking in for the day on top of the riding I did with Mata Hari earlier. Happy day!
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