Rouge Park

I went to Rouge Park with a friend last weekend to get away from all the concrete for a bit. Once you enter the woods the city gets completely shut out. And it was so nice to get some really fresh air for a change. Maybe it was just me, but the air in there felt like it had extra oxygen in it. We went on the Mast trail, which was a pretty easy trek. Some people brought their dogs, and those canines were having the best time. You could tell they just wanted to bolt and run wild, but being off leash was strictly verboten on the trail. I could see how it would be easy to get lost because after a short time in there, you can completely lose your bearings. We just made sure that we were always pretty close to the little white painted markers on the trees. So here are the pics in the order of how we went through the trail.

There was carpet of leaves strewn on the ground making a nice springy base for us to walk on.

We thought we were too late to catch all the fall colours, but luckily we weren't.

This little maple leaf caught my eye, so of course I had to take a picture.

The Little Rouge river...

This wildflower has the prettiest lilac colour...

Like a Grimm fairy tale...

Some interesting fungi on a fallen log....

The way these leaves were hanging reminded me of a Calder mobile...

Hobbit hole!

If anyone tried to pull of a fuchsia and orange combo, it could just look gaudy. But in Nature it looks fantastic!

I saw a real acorn for the first time! Just like the pictures in the books I read as a kid!

I took a bunch of pics to try to capture the peaks and valleys of the landscape, but I think my camera was having a bit of trouble with the range. This is the closest I could get; I held the camera over my head. Didn't quite work, but it still looks nice!