Fall Hiking Club Route 3
Route 3 of the hiking club is primarily on Brush Creek Trail, near Cypress Lake and the Whitmire Wilflower Garden.
It’s summer hot still, and nice to pass into the wooded gravel trail.
Two options, a rustic plank bridge …
…and a fun stepping stone path, lead over a gully that suggests it’s sometimes a creek.
Brown eyed Susans are one of the discovery goals for the day, along with Switch grass, White Oak, and Winged Sumac. I found the White Oak, but I’m not sure about the other two.
Purple Coneflower …
and Wingstem Crownbeard (?) , still thick and bright but showing their age as we begin to wind toward Fall.
Greenway fun… nothing to do with Shaw, but an earlier discovery today. Hidden rock creatures on the St Louis Greenway trails to find and collect. I left this little guy for others to find, hidden at Riverwoods trail.
Rambling ... 