Hashawha Loop, Hashawha Environmental Appreciation Area, Westminster, MD, 7/3/22

 

Fourth of July weekend outing to a Carroll County park just five miles north of Westminster, MD, and only about 20 miles south of Hanover, PA,  Jim's home town.  "We used to play golf in Westminster," said Jim. And, as we drove by the turn off to Union Mills just past Westminster, Jim said, "That's were my father was born."

Above, the tiny but beautiful lake at the entrance of the park, surrounded by pickerelweed.  It was warm but not painfully hot and humid as we set out for a 2-mile loop with my daughter's family dog, Mylee.

Coaxing Mylee to cross a narrow metal bridge.