Hemlock Sanctuary

Today was the second walk of the challenge. Along with some pesky mosquitoes, we saw a patch of milkweed with several monarchs flying about and a caterpillar hanging out.

Today's walk was very close to home, in fact we walked to the walk. The Hemlock Sanctuary is just up the road from us. Our one mile, forty-five minute, walk included the ten minute walk to the Coolbaugh Township open space. Despite its name, the Hemlock Sanctuary is not a sanctuary for Hemlock trees, but rather it is named for the nearby road. The park doesn't really have a formal trail, but it does have a path through second growth trees. Other than the mosquitoes, the woods were quite comfortable to walk through on this 89 degree afternoon. Finding the monarch sanctuary so close to home was another pleasant surprise. Having a woods walk this close to home may enable us to not always drive for our walking destination. Plus, we don't have to feel guilty that we haven't provided neighborhood habitat for the monarchs yet.