We started at the parking lot where the top arrow is pointed, and walked to the other arrow, and back.
We started at the parking lot where the top arrow is pointed, and walked to the other
arrow, and back.
much of this area was beach in the 1950's and 60's, and the concrete embankments
are still there.
Perry's Monument on South Bass Island is visible, especially with a good zoom lens.
These are the concrete pads that used to support beach houses and bathrooms.
You can see the drain pipe holes.
another bathhouse foundation
sumac
half-buried railing for former steps to the beach.
aha! a little bit of beach after all!
zoomed view of the current beach area in the distance.
Lots of goldenrod
open meadow at the end of the peninsula
looking across the entrance to the East Harbor.
Lovely poison ivy masquerading as a tree branch.
The return trail was probably the old access road for the bathhouses. It was a bit
soggy, so we retraced our steps using the trail by the beach instead.
This is the cut-off for the wetlands trail. It was just a bit too wet for us!
a pair of fawns
They let us get pretty close, although watching us, and the hikers approaching
from the other side, pretty carefully.
back to the parking area
heron taking off