Spring in Kentucky

 A couple dayhikes in the Red River Gorge at the end of April and beginning of May

April 23 - Bison Way Trailhead

Trilliums

Blue Phlox and Triliums

Dogwood

Mayapple

The Mayapple flower is tucked under the big leaves, very easy to miss

Geranium

Iris

Long-spurred Violet

Gladie Creek

My favorite photo of the day

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail?

Zebra Swallowtails? and one Pipevine Swallowtail? in the back

Wild Strawberry

Regwort?

Robin's Plantain?

April 28 - Auxier Ridge/Double Arch Trailhead

Pink Lady Slipper

Mountain Laurel buds

Yellow Lady Slipper

Black Locust flowers

Dogwood

Geranium

Trillium

Iris

Some sort of Violet

Coreopsis?

Courthouse Rock

May 6 - Rough Trail Trailhead on Chimney Top Road

Jump Rock in the Red River

Red River

Mountain Laurel

The view from Hansons Point

Snowy Day in the Gorge

 Chimney Top Road

12/26/20

The Gorge got a couple inches of snow on Christmas Eve and Day and I wanted to take advantage of the beautiful weather on the 26th. Chimney Top Road is closed for the winter and I decided that it would be nice to just walk the road vs. hike the trails and likely get covered with snow. 

Chimney Top Road

Chimney Top made a good lunch spot. Oddly, while I was eating a guy and his dog appeared. I figured that they had walked the road behind me since there isn't really another way to get there, but when I returned back down the road, there were only my earlier foot prints. I guess he must have scrambled up from below. 

Half Moon from Chimney Top

Red River and the road

Revenuer's Rock

Hansons Point

Princess Arch

Looks like an eye