Friday afternoon Heather and I took off way past Sand Springs to the Keystone Trail which is on US Corps of Engineers Dam near Keystone Dam and Lake.
It’s a six mile plus or minus loop that is popular with the mountain bikers in the area. When we got there there was only one other person in the parking lot. We took the loop in a clcokwise direction and he took his bike counterclockwise and met him on the trail. We saw nobody else the whole time and ours was the only car in the parking lot when we left.
We didn’t see any deer, we saw lots of squirrels and this guy.
And these two, not friendly at all. I think we were interrupting something.
And rocks, we saw lots of rocks, big beautiful rocks. We didn’t see hardly any litter though. We walked through some spider webs which means that the trail was not very busy.
The trails were well designed and maintained. Not much erosion going on.
We even saw a little fall color. I think coming back in a month the forest would be beautiful with color.
Here’s a 38 second video of our hike. We went every which way. We covered about five miles in all and loved it.
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Hello,
Great photo of Heather! The trail looks nice, I like the fall colors and leaves.
I have never seen two of the box turtles together, cool sighting. It is nice you practically had the trail to yourselves. Enjoy your day, have a great week!
Love the photos. I miss going on hikes.
Lovely spot to hike.
That is one fabulous private trail! (Nice of you to let the bicycle guy join you!). …. I don’t think I’m really anti-social, but do think it’s wonderful to be the only people on a trail like this one.
I watched the video and I think I can see where you doubled back to look at the pair of turtles ))
Great post and photos of your hike ~ love the little frog and the turtles ~
Live each moment with love,
A ShutterBug Explores,
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That looks and sounds like a perfect hike. Plenty of great scenery. The fall leaves must be enticing you to return.
We’ve done lots of pandemic hiking this year too. Nice to see your world. .
It is nice to see you and Heather having a good timehiking together! It’s always more fun to have company and that trail looks nice and shady. Gald to hear there was no litter. That is sadly rare these days everywhere. Have a good week!
What a lovely hike!
A nice nature post with great photos!
Yes, autumn is on its way
My contribution
It’s so nice that you can commune with nature like you do. It’s too bloody hot to do anything outdoors here.
Toads and turtles as you walk, guess you have to be careful where you step.
I love those lichen-covered rocks. It must still be pretty warm there. Getting colder here.