Green Rock

4/18/2011

Yesterday, Dan and I hiked 7 miles of the Green Rock Trail, designed and built in the mid-1960s by Boy Scout Troop 594 from St. Louis Country Day School. Now the trail is maintained by the Greater St. Louis Area Boy Scout Council. Like the Appalachian Trail, the Green Rock is marked with rectangular white paint blazes on trailside trees.

Needless to say, it was another inspiring hike.

I hope that my photos below from yesterday’s hike give you some inspiration on this Monday.

Safe travels,
Mary
(There's still time to enter my Spring Giveaway below, too!!)

Love this weathered sign welcoming us to the trail.

Was so pleasantly surprised by the texture of this mushroom/fungus!

Trees blossomed with countless white flowers.

Wild pansies sprinkled the ground, too!

A new friend with a gorgeous blue tail!

Violet wildflowers!

More wildflowers!

The trail is well marked with white rectangles painted on trees.

11 Comments

All Things Tangled link

4/18/2011 01:53:01 am

Great pictures! I love the mushroom one...those things always fascinate me.

Mary C. Nasser link

4/18/2011 02:09:06 am

Glad you enjoyed the pictures!
I love the mushroom, too!
It's the first time I've seen one with texture like that...it reminded me of a brain! I agree...fascinating!

Best,
Mary

Gloria link

4/18/2011 03:02:01 am

Wonderful hike!

Mary C. Nasser link

4/18/2011 03:06:49 am

Thank you, Gloria.
I thought it was a wonderful hike, too. ;)

Best,
Mary

Maggie flatley link

4/18/2011 04:14:59 am

beautiful photography!

Mary C. Nasser link

4/18/2011 04:33:53 am

Thanks so much, Maggie!

Best,
Mary

Kathryn Dyche Dechairo link

4/18/2011 09:32:34 pm

Great pics, what is that snake/lizard looking thing. Interesting.

Mary C. Nasser link

4/19/2011 02:48:54 am

Thank you Kathryn.
I need to do some research to find out what my blue-tailed friend is.

Anyone know? :)

I'll let you know when I find out!

Mary C. Nasser link

4/19/2011 02:52:18 am

It's a skink!
The internet made it easy to find...just a google search of blue tail lizard.

I did learn, though, that if attacked, the bright blue tail wriggles when broken off, catching an enemy's eye as the skink escapes.

Very interesting and fascinating!
Especially since it was the tail that caught my eye, too!

Best,
Mary

Mary C. Nasser link

4/19/2011 02:59:15 am

It must have been a young skink because I read, too, that when immature, these lizards sport a bright blue tail that draws the attention of predators away from the vital parts of their body.

Love that the beautiful blue can help keep the little guy safe! :)

Best,
Mary