Log Slide Trail Hike

Keeping with our recent elevation change objective, yesterday Lois Fite and I hiked from the log slide to the foot bridge on the trail to Au Sable Lighthouse.  It was sunny with temperatures in the 40s.  I love the spring when everything in the woods is waking up!

Sunrise yesterday morning....

Trail head.....

Lois spotted two eagles that glided by.  There is a dot in the photo below showing one of them.

I was not able to get a great photo, but the picture below does show that the birds were eagles!

 
Looking toward Au Sable Point....

 

Spring wild flowers are just starting to pop up in the woods.

Grand Sable Banks....

 

The trail....

 Fan club moss....

Club moss...

There are years in the spring when this trail is difficult to hike to due to standing water from snow melt.  This year there was only one spot with water, but hikers and/or the park service built this temporary bridge....

This creek is spring fed.  You can tell by the light colored sand.....

A dense club moss community....