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hacklebarney
Thursday, May 30th, 2013

Hacklebarney: park of a thousand picnic tables.

This New Jersey State park was a bit higher elevation and a bit colder than Lord Stirling on our visit in late March, Hacklebarney’s trails scramble down into the ravine of the Black River, Trout Brook and Rhinehart Brook.

trout brook

rhinehart brook

black river

A few last shadows of snow remained

snow

There were several of these some early bugs about

veins

We found what turned out to be blooming skunk cabbage. The plant produces its own heat, allowing it it bloom before the ground thaws. I don’t remember who took which pictures, except Mike took the skunk cabbage pictures. He did the conversions too.

spathe

skunk leaves

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