Pierce road to 6 mile road
5.5 miles: 90.5 miles total
A week of brutally hot weather kept me off the trail–even I don’t want to hike when the heat index approaches 100! So I picked up where I left off when things cooled down a bit. I began with a short diversion to the Loda Lake Wildflower Sanctuary , just a short distance off the trail. Mid July isn’t the best time to see wildflowers, but I enjoyed exploring the marshy area of Loda Lake near it’s outlet.


Pickerel weed blooms in the shallows of Loda Lake near the North Country National Scenic Trail. Butterfly weed blooms in dry sandy soil along the North Country National Scenic Trail.





A northern pearly-eye butterfly The great oak dagger is a nocturnal moth so I caught this one napping.
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