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urbpan ([personal profile] urbpan) wrote2008-04-20 04:38 pm

Cochituate State Park


Alexis and the dogs and I went to Cochituate State Park in Natick, although I think we wandered onto the grounds of the Wayland Town Beach. Charlie got in his first good swim of the year.




Lake Cochituate is relatively late-formed and large glacial kettle. Charlie is at far left in this panorama.


Combined efforts of ants and woodpeckers--and probably the hemlock woolly adelgid and some wood decay fungi--felled this tree. Carpenter ants were still active in one of woodpecker holes.


We went to Dairy Queen on the way home.

[identity profile] candent.livejournal.com 2008-04-20 10:36 pm (UTC)(link)
I could see thousands of photos of Charlie swimming and not get bored.

[identity profile] jostajam.livejournal.com 2008-04-20 11:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah lake Cochitchuate! I learned to swim there. I learned to sail there. When it was still deemed safe for little kids to bike wherever they wanted, I'd get on my bike and spend the day at the Wayland town beach. Unless you crossed over, or under Rt. 30 you stayed on the State Park portion of the lake.

[identity profile] harrietbrown.livejournal.com 2008-04-21 12:02 am (UTC)(link)
mmmmmmmmmm ....... dairy queeeeeeen .......
ext_193: (facepalm)

[identity profile] melannen.livejournal.com 2008-04-21 02:45 am (UTC)(link)
... I scrolled down to the top of the last picture and thought "hmm, interesting fungus you found! I wonder what kind it is .. oh"

[identity profile] urbpan.livejournal.com 2008-04-21 11:42 pm (UTC)(link)
the natick entrance was closed, so we went in by the wayland cemetery.

[identity profile] bellelvsbeast.livejournal.com 2008-04-30 05:10 am (UTC)(link)
DQ FTW!!! :)
hehehehee
Looks like a good time Charlie is having woo! :)