I enjoyed a warm day off and went for a hike. as you can see there are lots of pictures...
hopefully one of them will motivated you to get out and go for a hike too.

park sign

trail information

trail

cat tails

an old bridge

killenbeck lake

boardwalk

end of the boardwalk... all trail from now on

some parts of the trail were snow covered

first stop, the lookout on quiddity trail

the lake is still frozen

bridge over a creek

some parts of the trail have already melted

better not make a wrong turn

tree

looking down the cliff

the view from the lookout

the view from the lookout

the lookout area

a fallen tree

now which way?

killenbeck lake

small creek

birds looking for food

i chose to do the loop starting with the east

it is a 10 km loop

the 1km mark

the trail

more of the trail

a little creek

a bird?

scenery

a warped tree

the 2 km mark

view

view of slim bay

there may not be many flowers... but there are always mushrooms

a puddle to avoid

tree

funny tree

the bridge

the bridge

view from the bridge

bridge

frozen in time... actually just frozen in ice

the bridge is frozen to the lake

view from the bridge

view from the bridge

view from the bridge

view of the bridge

frozen surface

the 3 km mark

passage between a couple of boulders

view

tracks in the snow

tree

a nut a a couple berries

the 4 km mark

poo!

view

rabbit?

beaver dam

beaver pond

another beaver dam

beaver pond

path along beaver pond

the 5 km mark

still going around beaver pond

trail heading upwards

view of beaver pond from above

"chippy"

are you lichen this photo?

poo mountain!

frozen flood

rocky outcrops

the trail was very well marked... i didn't get lost!

half frozen creek draining into the bay

another view of the half frozen creek

an abondonned bird nest?

tallow rock bay

the 6 km mark

this tree must be tasty... it looks popular with the birds

i wonder why mushrooms like birch trees so much?

mini-cliff

mini-cliff

mushrooms growing out of a cut down tree

one mushroom doing very well, the other one is not looking so good

detour around a pond

even dead flowers can look pretty

other expired flowers

the 7 km mark

i believe it was queen anne's lace

view of area

something in a tree... looked like a broken bee hive

the 8 km mark

lots of variety of trees

rocky outcrops

canadian geese coming back home

view of area

spooky tree with a spooky shadow

slingshot tree

getting close to the end of the 10km loop

oops... i guess I missed the 9km mark sign...

not recommended, but not impossible

passing the cattails on the way back out

bench

a tree fell in the forest...

oh deer... it's the end.