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I actually went to Lowell MI two weeks ago to visit the headquarters of the North Country Trail. I hiked most of that portion of the trail and liked it- I decided to head back once again. I had an altogether different experience. It was a sunny day this time, as compared to the rainy day of two weeks ago. This brought a lot of people. Secondly, there was a bike race going on right where I decided to park. There was also a disk-golf tournament going on nearby. The trails, unlike last time, held visitors other than me. Apparently, hikers don't like getting rained on all day- go figure.... I saw some cool stuff, met a few people, did some cool things. Twas a good experience. Some of the peoples I said hello to along the way
An old (but wise) park department guy told me something new! He told me that shelf/bracket fungi (like the artist's conk) grow for multiple years on end ( I thought the only grew for a single year). The number of years the mushroom has grown can be seen as growth rings running horizontally though the mushroom. Each year another fruiting layer grows onto the bottom of the mushroom. The park ranger(?) aparently carves the conks he finds into various items. I didn't know you could do that either. For those who want to actually look at the map of where that geocoin in the gallery has traveled the web page is bellow.
http://www.geocaching.com/track/map_gm.aspx?ID=257861
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