Indiankill Nature Preserve

Saturday afternoon we took a break from working in the yard to take Molly over to the nature preserve. It is right around the corner from where we live & has always been one of my favorite walks. It i s very hilly so is quite a good work-out. It has been very dry this spring so the Indiankill doesn't have the usual amount of water in it.

I'm not sure if this is a butterfly....there was a lot of them around but I didn't have the zoom lens with me so this is as close as I could get.

This is the waterfalls & Molly just freaked out & ran around like crazy!

When she finally came out of the water she rolled around in the dry leaves & then started all over again!

This gives you an idea of how steep parts if the trail is.

We call this "heartbreak hill"!

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