Walk The Walk

 After some gorgeous weather, we have had a couple of quite chilly days, which have been great for morning walks on the local trails, or as they are call it, the scrub community. Yesterday we were at the Walton Scrub Preserve, which was a short half mile loop through the sandy scrubs and along the train tracks. This morning we went back to one of our favorite trails called Hawk's Bluff, that meandered about a mile through the beautiful sugar sand and scrubland, along the Savanna marshes, and though a woody hammock (see last season's post). They call this a very difficult trail, but to us people from the Adirondacks, it was quite easy. I think they say that because of the soft sand and at one point there is an incline, which, since we did the loop backwards, we did it going down instead of up. Plus, we are still trying to figure out what this rack is for...bikes, walking sticks, kayak paddles?

Now this is what we consider a white Christmas! 

Those white flowers were the only thing in bloom at this time of year, but last spring there were all sorts of flowers. Birdlife included a great white egret, mockingbirds, gallinules or moorhens, and even a sandhill crane. What a fantastic way to explore and get back to nature. Christmas rush? What Christmas rush?

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