The weekly post of extra pictures. There are always extras. There are extras still, but I shot these yesterday while running, they fit the season and the mood and the others can wait. On with it, then!
This is Hummingbird Lake at Callaway Gardens. And I remembered the time I took my grandmother to Callaway to see the flowers when she visited me in college. Registering for this run or the countless times I’ve passed this exit or even getting there yesterday didn’t do it, but Hummingbird Lake made me think about that trip. Now there are just hummingbirds everywhere in my life. That’s starting to make me happy a little, but just about every other emotion is there too.
The next two shots are of Mountain Creek Lake, which is the largest body of water at Callaway. The Callaway family started digging this out in 1949.
Bluebirds are an important part of the local wildlife, so naturally there’s a Bluebird Lake.
Most of the trees are pines — this is Pine Mountain, Georgia after all — but some of the deciduous leaves are starting to go. Here’s another example at Whippoorwill Lake. There’s a half-mile nature trail here, and ducks during the right season. There probably all gone south for the winter by now, I’d bet:
Here’s one last shot of Mountain Creek Lake, which is the largest body of water in the park. There’s a 1.5 mile unpaved trail around Mountain Creek that drops you down to the water’s edge where you can see turtles, ducks, herons, a richly diverse floral scene and scarred trunks marked up by beavers.
This is part of the beach recreation area at Robin Lake, which, among other things, boasts the annual Masters Water Ski & Wakeboard Tournament. I did not know there was such a thing, but next year they’ll have the 56th annual event tournament:
Running the trail:
