SALMO TRAIL

A COOPERATIVE VENTURE,..

...BRIDGES OVER PIKE'S CREEK...

...BOARD WALKS...

...GRAVEL TRAILS...

...THROUGH SWAMP AND FOREST...

...DESTINATION: A SECLUDED LITTLE BEACH

Monday, 7:45 AM.  61 degrees at the ferry dock, 59 on the back porch.  Wind WNW, breezy.  The sky was overcast but is clearing fast.  The humidity is 81%, the barometer rising rapidly, now at 29.98".  There are chances of a thunderstorm on Thursday but the rest of the week looks nice,  It is a fine morning.

   I have a City of Bayfield Tree Board meeting this morning.  We will have a short business meeting and then go out and do training pruning on the newly planted trees.

   Yesterday before supper Buddy and I checked out the just completed Salmo Trail, which has a small parking lot on the east side of Hwy. 13, across from the Pikes Creek fish hatchery.  It is perhaps a quarter-mile long and leads through a large marsh, across Pike's Creek and to a small, secluded sand beach on Lake Superior.  

   It has a series of  bridges and board walks, interspersed with gravel walks, that go through the wetlands that Pike's Creek loses itself in on its way to the lake.  It is a very pleasant little trail, and will be great for nature study and birding, particularly for waterfowl and marsh birds. 

   It was funded by several governmental entities, including the Town of Bayfield, and with private donations and volunteer work. 

   Buddy and I enjoyed it, and we look forward to walking it with granddaughter Allison on her next visit. Bayfield has a number of good walking trails around the city, and this adds to the mix nicely