A new trail

Sunday
It was a beautiful sunny day when we left church, but we knew rain and storms were in the forecast for later in the afternoon or evening, so we came home, quickly changed, and set out to enjoy it while it lasted. I noticed that Laura had tried To FaceTime us, while we were still at church, so I called her back, and we talked as we drove, or to be more precise, she talked and we listened!!  We decided to try out a new trail today - down in Boone County Kentucky. Roger was talking to someone at the gym one lunchtime, and the guy mentioned this place. We found the first trail head, an area owned by the Nature Conservancy. We had stopped to pick up a sandwich from Subway en route, so sat and ate it in the car, together with some vegetable sticks I had prepared at home, before we set out. It wasn’t a very long trail, a little less than 2 miles, but did include some climbing, and there were masses of wildflowers - especially dwarf larkspur and purple phlox. We then headed to another nearby trail, part of the Dinsmore Homestead. However, we hadn’t gone too far on this one, before we heard the rumble of distant thunder, and noticed that the skies had become more overcast. Initially we ignored it and carried on, but then the thunder seemed to be getting closer, and the skies darker, so we felt we should turn back. It was a good job we did, as we hadn’t been in the car longer than 4 or 5 minutes and it began to rain, and within 20 minutes, we were in the midst of a torrential downpour - so much so we could barely see where we were going. After a while we drove out of it, and the roads became virtually dry, only to drive into another torrential storm a bit further north. I was really thankful Roger was driving! My collage shows top left Dwarf Larkspur, top right Appendaged Waterleaf, and underneath close-up of a white Dogwood. The central view shows Middle Creek - this was on the second trail. The bottom shots show a broader view of the white Dogwood, and the Purple Phlox, probably one of the most common wildflowers around at this time of year.
One year ago: Tri-colored heron