Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Gobbler's Knob


Sunday we went for a hike after driving out Frederick Point Road. John wanted to hike up to the Cabin Creek Reservoir. He had been reading an article while I was driving. He looked up and said, "This is it. Pull over here and park on the side of the road." I pulled off the main road and we began walking up the spur. It was a nice uphill walk that continued going uphill. John commented a number of times that we should be at the reservoir soon. The road kept stretching out in front of us.


The autumn colors were wonderful; the glacier peaks and ice flows appeared and disappeared as we wound around the hills.





He realized that we were on a different spur road as we continued to climb.

 


I thought we should check out one of the muskegs to see if there were any cranberries to pick ~ they were few and far between. This was one of the three we found! There were a few tyttebær hanging out around the stumps.

John wanted to show the difference between the cranberry/tyttebær and the dogwood berry.



 A pile of moose droppings was along side of the road. Moose season is open now but this was the only sign we saw. We were passed by one truck driving up the hill and down again probably looking for a moose.




Posing along side of the road...



A muskeg pond shot...



John standing beside the road post after returning...
No, this is not the road to Cabin Creek Reservoir! Actually the local name for it is Gobbler's Knob (according to Wally and John Swanson!) We recommend walking this road and stopping up at a view spot for a coffee break ~ or take a truck/4 wheeler for fun.

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