Keystone Rapids Trail – Part 2

Today I want to continue showing images from my hike on the Keystone Rapids Trail. See Part 1 here and Part 3 here.

Here we are, back on the trail. You can just make out the river beyond the trees.

Along the river I found this small stump that clearly shows evidence of beaver activity. The small tree would have floated down stream to where it would be used for a dam or lodge.

This was just down stream from the stump above.

This purple loosestrife was a bright spot of color among a mostly green background. I’ll show more of this as we move along.

Queen Ann’s Lace can be seen in many areas. It is also known as daucus carota, wild carrot, European wild carrot, bird’s nest, and bishop’s lace.

The trail continues across the river on this bridge.

These delicate pink flowers, deptford pinks, are quite small, but beautiful.

The Seek app I use for identifying all these plants wasn’t sure about this grass, or most of the other grasses.

I promised more purple loosestrife, and here is another.

The feel of the trail changes as it enters a pine forest.

I’ll end here for today. Yes, there is still more to see. I’ll wrap up this series with the next post. See you then.

Mark