Quick Post - Wore Myself Out

This won't be a long one. I just remembered I was going to try to post today!

It's our day for a Sunday Adventure. We decided to head west instead of our usual heading east towards the lakeshore as storms were forecast to come in from that way. We decided to go to Kensington Metro Park which is about an hour and half away from us. There are a bunch of different metro parks on the other side of the state. We decided to pay for a yearly pass the first time we went and maybe explore some of the other parks at some point. Kensington Metro Park is almost 5000 acres. It is huge. I think there are two beach areas, a golf course, biking and running paths, you can boat and fish. The area we usually go to is the nature centre. No bikes, no running, no dogs at that part. It is purely to look and watch for nature.

It was really beautiful. We walked about 5 miles around the trails (we didn't complete them all!). Saw lots and took lots of photos. We saw turtles, frogs, a snake, herons, cranes, warblers, songbirds and others. Really loved it. Tired out now. Haven't even pulled the card from my camera to look at the photos. I did take a few phone ones.

There still isn't a lot of green around. The most I saw was this Skunk Cabbage, so named because of it's horrible smell. To be honest, it didn't smell bad at all, but I wasn't up close to it. I think when it gets damaged it gives off a bad smell.

Did not see any Pileated Woodpeckers this time but saw lots of trees where their work was evident. They make oblong holes in the trees.

Lots of lovely trails through marshy, field areas. If you stand with your hand out filled with bird seed sometimes the birds will come down and eat! It is husband's favourite thing to do (and why he doesn't mind going lol).

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