ANPS field trip to Lorrance Creek Natural Area

After racing bikes in Tulsa on Saturday night, I hustled home Sunday morning to make an Arkansas Native Plant Society (ANPS) field trip led by Dr. Eric Sundell at the Lorrance Creek Natural Area and I'm so glad I made it.  The walk is about 1/2 mile of paved trail and wooden bridge.  Despite the dry summer, some things were still green.

We walked to the end of the path, stopping often to discuss features of the trees and shrubs we found along the way, like telling the difference between white and green ash trees and tasting horse sugar.

Below are some of the photos from the trip that turned out nice.

Cardinal flower

Tall white aster and narrow leaf sunflower

 

Poison ivy on Bald cypress

Horse sugar

Tupelo gum tree

The swamp

Some things to look forward to

Thursday night Cyclocross practice at Burns Park starting this week.
I'm glad the guys at Competitive Cyclist are organizing this.  The more people we get interested in cyclocross, the more likely we'll have some great local racing in the future.

September 25-26: Planet Bike Cup
I love getting to see the pros up close...and do a little amateur racing on the side.

October 2: Dedication of two new mountain bike trails at Pinnacle Mountain State Park
Local state park with hiking trails has some bike trail!

Fido on top of Pinnacle Mountain

October 9: Showdown at Sundown
Nighttime cyclocross race put on by Bicycles of Tulsa.  I'll get to see my teammates and do a little night racing in Tulsa.  I'm bringing the Glow Necklaces!

October 10: Arkansas Native Plant Society Field Trip to Lorrance Creek Natural Area
Chance to hike with an expert, it's close by and it's free.