The weekend after we returned from our big trip, the weather was a bit lousy so we opted against a trip to the beach and decided to finally do the lighthouse hike. I was pretty proud of myself all in all. The vertical ascent is about 500 feet and the trail is 3 miles round trip. Not bad for an out of shape pregnant lady still coughing up a lung from the cold all three of us got prior to the trip. And wouldn't you know it, as soon as we reached the top, the clouds parted and it was a gorgeous day. Thankfully the sun waited until then because the trip back down the hill was HOT!
Take note of the picture of the tree towards the end. The entire tree is actually a "pencil plant" which Lisa Sellers and Lisa Schmaltz used to have as house plants. We tried one too but without a super bright awesome south window, these plants are nearly impossible in the Midwest. When I saw the tree, which was actually a huge hedge of trees, I couldn't believe how huge and dense it was. Kinda funny how so much of the normal foliage here is the same stuff I used to kill as houseplants :)
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