MOCC is in full swing at Mott Island; a significantly smaller class than we had last year, but they sound like they’re enjoying themselves. Snug Harbor’s only contribution is newest interp ranger Sam Case, who will soon be the Cisco’s newest certified driver.
May also brings the annual monkey migration, in which spider monkeys and squirrel monkeys swim over from the Keweenaw and start munchin’ the spruces. Their monkey calls echo through the trees in Snug Harbor.
Well, that last paragraph might not be entirely true.
We do have some blooming calypso orchids, however, growing in bright spring colors along the Stoll and Tobin Harbor trails. John Muir once said that his second greatest day was when he met Ralph Waldo Emerson, but his number one greatest day was the one in which he found calypso orchids growing in a Canadian cedar swamp. Put on some hiking boots and go on an orchid hunt to re-create the moment of discovery for yourself; it really is something to come across the fairy slipper’s tiny, exquisite beauty in the moss and leaf litter. And with many of the trails in our vicinity cleared at last, hiking has become significantly less similar to tree climbing.
May also brings the annual monkey migration, in which spider monkeys and squirrel monkeys swim over from the Keweenaw and start munchin’ the spruces. Their monkey calls echo through the trees in Snug Harbor.
Well, that last paragraph might not be entirely true.
We do have some blooming calypso orchids, however, growing in bright spring colors along the Stoll and Tobin Harbor trails. John Muir once said that his second greatest day was when he met Ralph Waldo Emerson, but his number one greatest day was the one in which he found calypso orchids growing in a Canadian cedar swamp. Put on some hiking boots and go on an orchid hunt to re-create the moment of discovery for yourself; it really is something to come across the fairy slipper’s tiny, exquisite beauty in the moss and leaf litter. And with many of the trails in our vicinity cleared at last, hiking has become significantly less similar to tree climbing.
So come pay us a visit! The monkeys are worth seeing, anyway.
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