Today we went back to hot, humid, and hazy Summer weather. I had been planning to take a nice hike today to visit Conodoguinet Creek and come back into town via Middle Spring Creek. But by 9:00 it was already hazy and I figured today wasn't a good day for a long hike. But I need to be outdoors, no matter how hot, and I really don't like air conditioning unless I absolutely have to use it, so I headed over to the shade of the Dykeman Spring Nature Park and the cooling waters of the creek and the duck ponds there. And of course I took the camera with me. Enjoy!
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| A view of the creek from the red bridge. The flash flooding from Monday's storm knocked away those logs/branches, which used to form a dam across the creek there |
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| Ratty's pool, on the creek beside the nature trail. I always associate this spot with Water Rat and his home in "The Wind in the Willows" |
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| Sedges beside the north duck pond |
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| The red bridge over the creek |
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| The Day Lilies are starting to bloom along the nature trail in the park |
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| An old trestle left over from the days when the railroad came through on what's now the Dykeman Walking Trail |
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| Yellow Wood Sorrel with a tiny visitor on the Dykeman Walking Trail |
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| The "bridges" over the creek, between the ball fields |
© 2015 by A. Roy Hilbinger
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