Another trip to Beaver Lake!

Sean and I celebrated our 10th anniversary on October 25th! He took Thursday and Friday off work...so we could spend some time together. Friday was a beautiful day, unseasonably warm for an October day in Central NY...so we decided to go to Beaver Lake. It is only 15 minutes from here and it's a place the kids ALWAYS enjoy visiting. This time though, Cara and Brendan were in school, so it was just Caitlin that came with us. Here are photos I took...enjoy!

Dried fern leaves.

There were thousands of Canadian geese on the lake...it was very loud! They're just stopping here on their way south.

Fallen leaves and lily pads mingling together in the bog.

A very cool black and red maple leaf....

and an equally cool lime and red leaf. This is maple too, but a different variety I believe.

Caitlin and Sean. He was giving Caitlin's legs a break. No stroller this time!

A view from the lookout tower of the changing leaves.

Sean noticed this interesting tree. It is totally bent over horizontal and resting in the forks of those two smaller trees. It is not broken at all.

A bird's nest you would never see if the leaves were still on!

Caitlin attempting to use the binoculars! She kept looking through the wrong end though...it was very cute. She insisted on keeping them hanging on her neck, but every time she bent over to look at something, they crashed on the ground, or while she was walking, they crashed into her legs.

Caitlin standing next to an uprooted tree. She thought that was fascinating!

Pretty, waxy leaves changing color. I love the two colors contrasting...