Hiking Nature

It sure was nice to get back on the trails with Kelly on such a beautiful day. This is the first time in a couple of weeks that Kelly and I have been able to meet at Radnor Lake for a hike. I miss the more frequent walks.
Kelly came bearing gifts: he scored a […]

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I recently received an email in response to the HikingNature post of August 26 when I reported a hackneyed sighting of the non-elusive, commonplace Southeastern Five-Lined Skink. Lest I bungle it, I’ll quote the question:
What’s a skink?
Thanks, Aunt Kay, for your question, and know that I sincerely appreciate your readership. Thanks to your curiosity, […]

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I initiated today’s hike at 6pm or so, which is about the latest one can set out and still have time to complete the whole 4.5 mile loop without worrying about gate closure. Cutting it close, I decided to do a south-side hike and stick to the South Cove loop. The weather was near perfect: […]

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For the first time in almost three weeks, Kelly and I met in the Granny White parking lot at 3:15 or so and hit the trails. Kelly set his stopwatch and we commenced a clockwise 4.5-mile hike under a clear blue sky. It was a relatively crisp 80 degrees or so.

We took a sitting […]

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This particular hike was long overdue. I have blown off my favorite pastime of late, having proffered the excuse that my part-time landscape maintenance work made up for it. It didn’t.

I watched the radar closely throughout the day, thrilled by the rain and hoping for a break in the precipitation near dusk. Weather.com’s […]

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I intended to hike the usual 4.5 mile loop, but when I noticed a slight discomfort in my right knee, I tendered that as an excuse to cut the hike short. I guess my heart wasn’t in it for some reason. I did the South Cove/South Lake loop, and I spotted five deer […]

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