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12-mile hike with Suzie and the Sierra Club
We had a wonderful day out in the Maryland woods near Laurel and Columbia. The hike started in Savage, and ended at Elkhorn Lake.
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One of the hike leaders gave a short history lesson about this bridge.
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Historic Savage has many brightly painted houses.
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One of the hike leaders, Larry, was the sweep (the last one in the group who makes sure everyone knows where to go) and actually carried a bright yellow broom handle! (Converted into a walking stick!)
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Bill and Suzanne with the group at the head of the Patuxent Branch Trail.
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Another bridge along the path
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Bill gettin' ready to lay down some dope rhymes!
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Our first view of Lake Elkhorn wasn't so impressive.
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The lake is man-made, and this is the dam...
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...but it turned out to be a three-mile loop around the lake with lots of relaxing water fowl -- so it was perfect!
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Some of the swans were tagged.
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There were these "water-aerators" at one end of the lake, and at first glance it looked like they were being used by the ducks as a jacuzzi! (But then we realized the ducks were actually decoys...)
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While the rest of us finished up lunch, Bill went and communed with the water fowl. He was convinced that he had finally gotten group acceptance!
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The twins!
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