Tuesday, March 06, 2007

The Haunted Trail

A while ago I promised a pictorial tour of our Haunted Forest Trail. The weather broke a little this past weekend, so some of the kids and I went for a walk. This time I had my camera with me. Here are some of the highlights.

We started at the beach. You can see it was windy that day. The wind hasn't stopped blowing like this for four days. They say it's bringing some of that lovely, snow-filled, Canadian air. Two to four inches are being called for tomorrow.







From there, we passed the Black Lagoon. No Creature was active today, so the swans were safe.











Here's where the Giant Spiders swing down from the trees when they're hungry. Fortunately, the high winds had them heading for shelter. There were a few buzzards circling this area, though, out of habit, I guess.







Here's the Swamp, where the 'Thing' lurks. It's much more threatening in the Summer, when the growth is so think, the 'Thing' can sneak up on you.








Here's Taylor approaching Three Troll Bridges. Notice how the trolls planted a little sign right in the middle of their territory. This is to lure unsuspecting hikers into stopping for a look-see. Tyler, of course, started stomping on the bridges and screaming a challenge to the trolls to come and get him. Fortunately for him, I think the trolls were hibernating this time of year.






Here's evidence of the T-Rex that lives in the Haunted Forest. What else could have knocked down such a huge tree? (don't mention the wind, that would spoil the fun of this trail)







Moving on, we have to look to the skies, where Pterodactyls have been sighted on calmer days.











To prove we've actually moved back in time, here's a cool caveman bench. It looks like something left behind by Fred Flintstone.



Moving on, we finally approach Big Foot territory. We know he's been here because we can find all kinds of giant footsteps filled with water.


Unscathed, yet again, the brave warriors triumphantly reach the end of the trail. I don't know what they'd do if they actually met any of the creatures purported to live around here.



2 comments:

Martha said...

What a fun hike in the woods! Did the kids discover all these frightening facts or have they been handed down from previously haunted generations?

. said...

What a fantastic trail!!!! I can't wait for the weather to warm up here to do something similar. But we have no ghostly stories to go along with it lol