A Fall Outing

The weather has been cold and rainy this week! We have had over seven inches of rain in just the first half of October. On top of the bad weather, we have ALL been sick! Even Chelsea, who came home from college this past weekend, has had a cold. Most of us are finally feeling better now – thank goodness!

This weekend, it finally quit raining and sun finally came out and despite the fact that we were feeling a bit under the weather, I was determined to get outside and enjoy a little fresh air and sunshine. We decided to go to a local Conservation Area that I had been to many times. However, when we got to the point on the trail where the scenery is about to get really good, the trail was CLOSED! Ugh – what a bummer! Although we didn’t get to see the neat geologic features of this particular area we explored the woods surrounding the area (which were open to visitors).

Because of all the rain, we saw lots of mushrooms and other fungi, including this little brown mushroom growing out of a log.

And these Turkey Tail fungi.

We also saw lots of fall foliage.

The girls found this cute, but empty snail shell.


We are also relatively sure that Grant ate a leaf somewhere along the journey, but he seems no worse for it. Don't worry - its not the first leaf that he has eaten and we are all sure that it won't be the last either.

Also note worthy - Chelsea got a new hair cut that looks really nice. And Grant already needs another hair cut!