Back to Fletcher Park in NC for another hike!

 This park is only 1 mile from our condo in NC so it's quick and easy to run over there for a hike. 

The weather was beautiful! 

We're going to walk over to Sycamore Lane for this hike.

It meanders through big Sycamore trees and stays shady most of the day.

I love this old rusty bridge.

Can you see it 'steaming'? The sun was coming in on the moist bridge and causing it to steam. I was surprised the photo showed it so well.

And walking on a side trail leads down to Cane Creek.

We spotted this Great Blue Heron up in a tall tree.

And watched a squirrel having a little mid morning snack.

This little dog was trying to keep up with his master on a bike.

Above photo, Thanks David G. for identifying this as a damselfly, a male Ebony Jewelwing (Calopteryx maculata).

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The S & S Greenway Trail

 We hiked in Georgia on our trip! It made it more fun to have a hike planned at the end of the first day of traveling. And even though it was hot and humid, we hiked the S & S Rails to Trails Greenway.

 It was a Sunday afternoon and we only saw 2 other people and no bikes, which was a surprise. 

The trail has swamp on both sides so you couldn't stand still long to take photos are the 'skeeters' would carry you off. 

But it felt good to be walking after driving all day.

One of the funny parts was getting to a tunnel and deciding it was a good place to turn around. 

Lo and behold, when you looked up the grassy slope, there was an Olive Garden! 

Cracker Barrel and a Mexican restaurant were in full view too. If we hadn't been tired and sweaty, we could have walked right up there and eaten dinner. (we stopped and got KFC chicken on our way to the Hampton Inn instead and enjoyed eating in our room though... a girl needs a refreshing shower before dressing for dinner in her pjs! lol)

Taking a hike was definitely a fun part of the trip.

Have you ever walked on the Rails to Trails paths? They sure are nice!

This flower was blooming like crazy in big shrubs along the trail. 

Does anyone know what it is?

Thanks Angie for the ID on this beautiful flower!

Its St. John's Wort! 

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Humming right along!

 

We enjoyed some time in the mountains of North Carolina and took a few hikes while we were there too.

The first place we headed was Fletcher Park!

It never disappoints!

We watched this hummingbird while we enjoyed the flowers and art work in this part of the park.

It hovered right in front of our eyes!

I'm not sure what these red flowers were but the hummers loved them!

Our hike was a little stalled while we marveled at these tiny birds.

And around our condo there were lots of flowers planted to attract hummingbirds and hummingbird moths.

It was neat to see these moths every time we walked around outside.

Just one more! lol

It's fun to see different birds and flowers when you travel.

But back at Fletcher Park, I'll get a few photos of the Jeep with mountains in the background. This is Bernie Mt.

Oh and one more moth, a Skipper!

We had a good time but it's also nice to be back in Florida!

 (even though it's too HOT to hike!)

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It sure felt great to load the Jeep and travel to the mountains of North Carolina.

And we had lots of fun on the way!

A trip through Georgia deserves a stop at the Piggly Wiggly!

It's a Southern thing! Taking a detour because of a train on the tracks is common too! 

And we saw fields of sunflowers in full bloom.

Doesn't hurt to stop for a few photos, does it?

It was nice to have the cooler temps in the mountains and lower humidity!

And then there are the Blue Ridge Mountains!

We never get tired of seeing those!

Lots of photos to share and I can't wait to start visitin' again! Can you believe I didn't even take my computer on this trip? (I took an IPAD but didn't spend much time on it!)

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Enjoy your day! I love the mountains but I'm also thankful to be back in Florida!

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Do you see what I see?

 It's a two tailed bird....right?

Up on the top of Bluebird of Happiness Hill!

Or a bird with a VERY large head!!!

Walk slowly so we don't scare it away.

And take LOTS of photos because you may never see this again!

Then right before your eyes, you blink and everything becomes clear!

YOU look very odd to US too, hiker with the pink cap!!!

There were lots of Doves perched here and there on this particular hike on the Florida Trails.

And now we need to pick up our pace.

We don't want these Buzzards to think we are easy pickings! heeheehee!

Every hike is different. No matter how many times I hike this same particular section of the Florida Trails.

😃 NEWS FLASH!!!! 😃

I'm going to take a blog break for the rest of this month. We have some things we need to get accomplished and I won't be on the computer much at all. I'll miss you and look forward to hearing all of your news when I get back! 

Have a wonderful month of July! 

Be back before you know it! 

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