As I said in my previous entry, the main reason I went to the pioneer event last Sunday was to go on the long walk through the woods in safe surroundings. There were shorter trails extending from the main path & I decided to be adventurous & explore a certain one. It went up a hill on a deceptive slant, much steeper than it looked when I started. It doesn't look that steep in the photo, does it? Lots of tree roots & uneven ground made it a real challenge for clumsy me & I wasn't able to get all the way to the apex of the trail, never mind to the top where the cliffs start. When I turned around to go back, I regetted the whole idea, since it was much more verticle in that direction. I really didn't want to slide all the way down & ruin my 2nd favorite pair of cargo pants. So I clung to tree trunks until the ground levelled out & heaved a sigh of relief at once again reaching the main trail.

   There were more wildflowers than expected in the woods lining the trail. I had underestimated the number of those that bloom in the fall. Aside from goldenrods, I couldn't identify any of them, but took pictures of the most intriguing ones. The ones below were large pink fluffballs that resembled something from Dr. Suess.