View along the Oxbow Loop trail
It seems like we have been choosing to go on this nice, short hike each year since we discovered it. Because it is a 2-mile loop it is a great one to get our ski legs back into hiking mode. Even though there is still plenty of snow higher up, the elevation at Oxbow is low enough that the snow had melted and a few things were in bloom.
Bosco with camera mounted on his vest. Note also the fancy camera gear and mounting apparatus. This was only part of the gear that they had.
Often, we stop and chat with fellow hikers and this day was no exception. We saw a young man with fancy camera gear. That is always a way to engage in conversation for us. He had mounted a camera fairly high up on a tree trunk and was taking pictures of the various types of moss, of which there are many, along the Oxbow Loop. He had an enormous lens and we were talking to him about the gear when I noticed his dog. “His name is Bosco,” the young man said as he introduced us to his dog. “Is he wearing a camera?” I asked. “Yes, he’s my backup guy. He’s 10 years old and I have to keep him busy.” He then asked us how far it was to the bridge as he wanted to check out the moss in that area. We told him it was about half-way around the loop. His gear was heavy and he was wondering if it would be worth it to carry it that far. As we were heading back to our car, we saw him and Bosco starting out, with the gear, to the bridge. A dedicated photographer and moss-man or perhaps it's “mosser.”
Here are some of the things we saw that day.
About half-way around the loop there is this view
Indian Plum
The wooden bridge
Coltsfoot
Salmon berry
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