I decided to spend Thanksgiving at my favorite place for a “little” walk in the woods, Croft State Park. Ok, “little” is a relative term, I spend basically the whole day following trails.

I like to get an early start.

We have lots of Robins around this time of year (for those of you up North, this is where they go in the winter).

Getting pictures of birds up in the trees isn’t easy. This one got away.

Holly berries were widespread.

After walking through the woods for a couple hours, it’s a bit jarring to come across something like this.

Fortunately, they do give some warning.

The area between the lakes.

A day doesn’t get much bluer than this (Lake Johnson is still low after maintenance earlier this year).

It was getting well into the afternoon by the time I got to the Beech Tree Trail, which I know has a lot of elevation change in a short distance, so, take the short route back, or go for it? What would Molly do? I went for it. There are places it’s better to not look up, but look down after you complete the climb.

The route on Strava: https://www.strava.com/activities/10270869622.