Catching up on Bass River Rec. Area

2010 08 02 - We visited the east end of Bass River Rec. Area, (in Ottawa County, owned by Michigan Department of Natural Resources) it was hot, muggy, and buggy!  We visit one of our favorite hidden wet areas, and got to slosh around in our boots a bit.  Later we were wilting so we got in the van with the AC going full blast and did more wildflowering along the road.    

                                                   Looking east toward Bass River

                          Smartweed , Polygonum (Pink or Maybe Swamp)



 

Chicory

Fringed Loosestrife

Frogfruit (Phyla nodiflora)

                                                Red Dragonfly (not his real name)

Whorled Milkweed

                                                             Swamp Milkweed

     Cardinal Flower

These are just some of the plants and wildflowers we saw, yes there were more!

Rix Robinson Park, Grand Haven Michigan

2010 0708 It was raining today, the day for our weekly adventure into nature.

So we stayed close to home. It's not that we mind the rain so much but it makes it hard to write notes, take pictures, and do research in the books. Still a fun day, but then it always is! 

Pickerelweed at Rix Robinson Park Grand Haven Michigan