Rock Cut State Park 9-5-11

It has either been hot or wet this summer so Wilma and I have not had much chance to go hiking until Labor Day. We had a nice hike on some horse trails. Saw lots of horses and their humans. This is the trail we followed. The red X is where we had to climb over a tree that fell across the trail.

The GPS trip computer called it 4.21 miles, just over 3 hours. The GPS plot called it 5.1 miles. My guess is it was about 4.5 miles, but hard to tell with any certainty.

This is a tree that was across the trail. I sent the park an email about it. Maybe next time someone from the park staff is out in that area they can bring a chain saw with them. It was not real hard to get over.

Some interesting purple berries on a tree.

ETA: I am told this is an black elderberry.