Porcupine Mountain Hiking -- Post 1

After my Minnesota trip where I had my first show of the year, I met up with my friend, Helen (Olli) Riley at the Porcupine Mountains.  We rented one of the park's cabins, but could not pick up the permit until 3:00 p.m., so we hiked all day prior to going over to the park headquarters. 

Helen and me at the trail head.....

Every once in a while we came across a bench.  This first one was situated along a little creek.

 In total we saw ten different species of wild flowers.  Does anyone know what the following flower is?

The tree below was a woodpecker's restaurant....

It is hard to tell from a photograph, but in the picture below  the forest floor is covered with wild flowers.

Despite temperatures in the 60s, there were still some patches of snow.

I did not take a photo of the Lily Pond cabin, but this is where we took our lunch break.

Beaver dam...

We had lunch on the bridge/dock....

Lilly Pond....

Beaver house....