September 07, 2008

This morning, friend Bruce and I headed out early to Itasca Park via Highway 113, a winding road which runs from Waubun to the park. It was foggy, then cloudy, not ideal for picture-taking, but we got a few. Although the road is forested, every now and then one can view a small lake.



Once at Itasca, the main attraction was the flora, much of which is exotic to my experience in Norman County. Here some green lichens and purplish shelf fungi grow on a fallen birch log. The grassy stuff is ground pine.