Lin and Michael’s Photos

I read an article in the local newspaper earlier this week that the Bacon Ridge Nature Area would be open this weekend for hikes.  I had never heard of this area before and did some research.  Bacon Ridge is a nature area just outside of Annapolis, Maryland.  The central 630 acres are permanently protected from development through a conservation easement between the County, Maryland Environmental Trust, and Scenic Rivers Land Trust.  Right now it is only open one weekend a year for observance of Earth Week.  The National Park Service is providing assistance to the County to develop it into a park in the future.  I emailed some of my friends and we decided to go on the 4 1/2 mile guided morning hike.  There were a total of 16 people in our group.  It was a great day for a hike – blue skies and around 60 degrees – although it was a bit muddy since it rained last night.  This is a shot of the beaver dam that was built within the last six months.  Our guide and his wife were very informative and we now have a list of more places to hike.  We took a lot of pictures and it was hard to decide which ones to post