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rozoneill: My hike began here at the old English Settlement Schoolhouse, currently being restored
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rozoneill: Common camas lily abounded in the taller grasses
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rozoneill: A bug's-eye view of the meadow
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rozoneill: Bees were happily harvesting pollen from the daffodils
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rozoneill: Pretty to look at but work to hike up
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rozoneill: It was a perfect spring day
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rozoneill: Subterranean clover were small and low growing
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rozoneill: Red storksbill makes its floral offering to the sun gods
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rozoneill: The first mile or so was across an open pasture
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rozoneill: What?!!
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rozoneill: The stately oak trees were just beginning to leaf
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rozoneill: All by my lonesome self
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rozoneill: An oak tree reaches out with spidery branches
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rozoneill: This barn is all that's left of the Underwood homestead
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rozoneill: You can see the leaf buds here in this shot
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rozoneill: The trail made a muddy crossing of Bachelor Creek
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rozoneill: A study in contrasts
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rozoneill: The beauty of oaks, grass, and sky
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rozoneill: A shadow of itself
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rozoneill: Kanipe Park skyline
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rozoneill: A multitude of branches arranged in a whorl
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rozoneill: King of the pasture
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rozoneill: The trail enters an oak savanna
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rozoneill: The day was cool so the shade wasn't particularly needed
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rozoneill: Giants looked down upon me
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rozoneill: Nothing says spring like green grass and a glade of leafing oaks
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rozoneill: Give it a couple of weeks and I'll be standing in deep shade
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rozoneill: The trail drops down to Bachelor Creek
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rozoneill: A picnic blanket, a good book, and a bottle of wine would go well here
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rozoneill: Snaggle-limbed oak trees