Hiking, hiking, hiking

Over the past 2 weeks, I have been doing a lot of hiking around with my camera. My friends and I walked the Bellefonte Rail trail, went to the Arboretum and to the duck pond on campus and to A Thousand Steps in Mount Union. We saw some beautiful sites. Here are some of my favorites for the different hikes

Bellefonte Rail Trail

I loved the light on this part of the path -- it is so peaceful I could go there everyday  

The patched of yellow flowers is what drew me to this part

Some purple wild flowers along the trail 

  and a closeup of them 

We even saw a woodchuck -- loved how it crossed right in front of us 

 and let us sneak up close enough to get this shot 

more of the purple flowers

an interesting tree along the path

almost looks like a hand print 

because I love reflections 

just love the woodsy feel of this one 

Arboretum 

a fun view of the spray at the fountain 

these Iris were so pretty 

love the water lilys

a flowering tree

loved the different shades of purple on this flower

and some pretty blue ones

walked around the pond and saw this reflection -- beautiful

peony in full bloom, loved the yellow 

this one is all about the shape of the flowers

the buds are so pretty

I saw the light on this from halfway across the path and had to get a shot

really liking the buds 

loved all the colors in this

this one is all about the pink and the blue sky behind it 

more buds 

loved the color of the light on the whole scene

ducks are everywhere 

loved the lilypads -- it was evening so the flowers were closing up but I still liked it 

this pretty little rose caught my eye 

the long view as the sun was setting 

at the duck pond

loved how still it was 

A Thousand Steps

there was a nice stream on the way up 

very pretty and peaceful 

the steps were pretty steep 

pine trees and pine cones were everywhere

another view of the trail

the blue sky through the trees 

one  of the views from the top 

yup the stairs were steep 

more views from the top 

close up of some of the pine cones 

more views from the top 

we could even see a stream and the railroad

and saw a train going through 

there is an old stone building up there too that was pretty cool. 

Thanks as always for viewing my photos. I know there were a lot this time, but I 've had the camera out a lot over the last week . I'm definitely loving all the warm summer weather and being able to go out and about