#cheat lake

[vandaliatraveler]

This past Sunday was the perfect late summer day for a canoe ride on the lake. So Blake and I dragged out the old Wasatch warhorse and had ourselves a little adventure. Note that the leaves are getting some color and the silky dogwood (Cornus amomum) berries are turning blue. Fall is just around the corner.

One other thing - Blake made fun of me when I bought my "old man" straw hat for gardening chores earlier this summer. Now I can't get it back from him.

[big-low-t]

Cheat Lake, West Virginia

[smoke-in-the-holler]

Sometimes I get some really pretty views at work

[runningwithinvisiblespectres]

A pretty day at the lake yesterday.

[vandaliatraveler]

A relaxing 5 minutes of Blake paddling the canoe into the pedestrian bridge at Cheat Lake Park (under the watchful gaze of the eye clouds). It was as gorgeous a summer afternoon as you can imagine. I filled the crucial roles of director and cinematographer. Soundtrack courtesy of Blake's Android.

[vandaliatraveler]

I dodged a few raindrops on Sunday to make a round-trip circuit on the Cheat Lake Trail, which curls very gently along the lake’s eastern shore. In addition to boat ramp and fishing access along the backwaters, the trail features numerous relics of the area’s historic milling industry and beautiful wildflower displays in the spring. Eastern redbud (Cercis canadensis) and golden ragwort (Packera aurea) were just starting to pop yesterday. In addition, the sinewy young shoots of smooth Solomon’s seal (Polygonatum biflorum) were pushing up en masse from the damp woods along the trail.

[jhspa]

Colors of November

[taraballardphotography-blog]