Photo Journalism on September 14, 2024 by Patricia
Hiking is good exercise. On Saturday I hiked the Lewisville Lake Environmental Area. The gate opens at 7 a.m. What I discovered most interesting is the Elm Fork of the Trinity River that once flowed into the direction of tree lined trails, supplying water to the bottom land plants like pecan trees and inland sea oak grass. In order to build the Lewisville Lake dam, the river was moved about one half mile east. This made me think. The river and the trees responded to changes in the environment by branching out in unexpected ways.
Taking the Cicada Trail I hiked to the old green river. I walked along the river and there was no break, it was completely green with branches and trees that had been affected. Down below is where the river now flows and people fish.
I proceeded to hike to the Cicadia and Redbud trails seeing lots of dragonflies and evidence of wildlife. There were many vivid green dragonflies. I saw flowers, more berries, a feather, butterflies, and what looked like Nature carved an alligator out of an old fallen down tree.
Each trail offered something different. There is a vast difference between the Cottonwood Trail and Bittern Marsh where many birds can be viewed, especially during migration.
North Texas has many varieties of dragonflies. If the wings lie straight out to their sides like an airplane, that's a dragonfly and not a Damselflies. Dragonflies flit and fly, they can hover, fly straight up or down, and their wing beat anywhere from 20 to 45 times per second!
On the paddling kyak trails and coming back from the Log Cabin, there were may frogs a leaping! They were too quick for me to take a picture.
I noticed what looked like an alligator's head near the J. Pierce Jackson Troop 437 Eagle Scout Project Bench where I ate unsalted pecans from the grocery store and tangerines. There were birds singing and the sound of pecans dropping on the ground from the State o f Texas Pecan Trees. Overall, it was very quiet and peaceful. My internal compass brought me here and I sat on the bench writing in my journal under the microscope of the hot sun.
They say birds of a feather flock together but I only saw a single white feather as I hiked solo.
Old trees with gnarled tree roots are simply fascinating, especially when it's a live tree. I wonder, how old is this ancient tree before me? And I'd like to know what physical environmental challenges did the old tree endure.
If you enjoyed my Photo Journalism, please let me know. Stay tuned for the next story with pictures of the Log Cabin and its history. Hiking through the woods in Lewisville is such an educational experience. Thank you for stopping by and I hope you come back again soon. Have a nice day!
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