Another trip on the Dogwood Trail

These are some pictures I took on my hiking adventures
on the Dogwood Trail near my home . I love getting out on
the trail this time of year . Penny and I were taking our walk
around the neighborhood today , and we saw about 4 or 5 deer running in the valley behind our house . They came up and ran across my neighbors yard and then down and across the street . I am always glad when I leave the house and get out in the woods..... every time I am always amazed by something .

A nice home for a squirrel ......

These bluffs are at the end of the Dogwood Trail in Lakeview. You can look across the lake and
see the dam site . I had a lot of fun scrambling around on these rocks ..... good thing Penny wasn't along
I might've made her a little bit NERVOUS .

 

This is what a hollow tree looks like from a squirrel viewpoint ........

 

 

 

There are nice solid oak benches placed every half mile along the trail .......

A very nice spot to stop and sip some water and take in a beautiful lake view.

 

I worked my way out onto the last rock in this outcropping . I felt a little

squeamish as I leapt over the crack onto the rock. I know the sign at the trailhead says

a 200' bluff at the end of the trail .... I think the water is very deep around here .

I could just imagine as I landed on it , it cracking off and taking me down with it .

But ..... I still had to get out there ! I didn't stay on it to long though .....

 

The shorelines of Bull Shoals Lake are all like this around my area ... very rocky.

The water is really very clear though ..... it's a beautiful lake .