Green Lakes in November

Green Lakes is a pair of meromictic lakes in a State Park near Syracuse. (Meromictic lakes are ones which do not experience turn over or mixing of upper and lower levels of water.) This is one of my most favorite places to walk as the trail is fairly level. The water is the most exquisite Caribbean blue-green I have ever seen.

On Sunday, I walked the front lake to test out how well my knee was doing. (I hyper-extended my leg a few days before and I was hobbling around.) Sean went with me in case I needed to be carried back to the car.

I am happy to announce: I made the entire 2 miles under my own steam. Oh, all right, so it took me an hour! At least I did it on my own!

Green Lake near the trail to Round Lake

I loved the way the red of this tree played against the teal of the water. (The colors were more incredible in real life.--Sorry!)

Looking across to the west shore of Green Lake

During the walk, Sean found a pair of reading glasses. It was my suggestion to hang them on a tree. He picked this one because it had a little nub (technical term, I'm sure!) that stuck out far enough for him to hang the glasses on. I call this tree "TreeBeard". :-)

TreeBeard