Rewards

Took the Tower Road coming down from Mount Toby's summit, which had its own rewards. The first was finding this Indian Pipe (above) growing along the side of the road. Another was this Flowering Raspberry (below).

Mount Toby Summit

 

Well, it was a long, hot hike to the top of Mount Toby and not a lot to see once you got there, unless, of course, you climbed the fire tower, which, as you can see, several of my fellow hikers did. For me, though, it was enough to search for and find one of the summit's survey markers before making my trek back down the mountain.

Summit Bound

Robert Frost Trail

Mount Toby Recreation Area

Got Woodpeckers?

Robert Frost Trail

Mount Toby Recreation Area

Polypore

 

Robert Frost Trail

Mount Toby Recreation Area

Robert Frost Trail

On my way to the summit of Mount Toby via the Robert Frost Trail.

Spotted Joe-Pyeweed

Wentworth Farm Conservation Area

Amherst, Massachusetts

"Spotted joe-pyeweed thrives in marshes, rich fens and swamps. It also does well in man-made moist expanses such as ditches, seepage areas and wet fields. Above all else the plant flourishes in the non-shaded environments that are also abundant in wetlands.

It is a larval host to the Clymene moth, the eupatorium borer moth, the ruby tiger moth, and the three-lined flower moth. The plant also attracts butterflies and honeybees." -- Wikipedia