Mix-Cloverlawn Hike

Twelve people came out on this sunny, breezy Sunday of the July long weekend.

Our route was from A39 north to Stan’s Bench. Then we crossed the road and continued north along Mud Lake. Lunch was at a picnic table (courtesy of the landowner) with a view of the lake in the broad valley.

Wild Strawberries

We walked through a mix of hay fields, pastures, and woods. Here and there, we found the striking native wood lilies (Lilium philadelphicum) also the provincial emblem of Saskatchewan.

Along the way we encountered a luscious strawberry patch and a saskatoon patch at the start of ripening.

Also spotted today were a deer and a fox.

There are many more photos on Flickr.

Mix-Cloverlawn gets two new stiles

Mowing an Mud Lake area
Mowing

Ten volunteers came out to work on the trail in preparation for this Sunday’s hike. The weather was perfect—a reasonable 20 degrees with gentle breezes. And the mosquitoes seem to have disappeared.

It was just the right condition for putting in stiles. One went over a newly-built fence. The other was installed in the field just north of Source of the Blackmud. This is the spot where for years we had been rolling under a fence to get through to the High Spot “B”. We will appreciate this enormously when we climb over with improved grace on Sunday.

The work party split into three groups. Two groups went in opposite directions to mow, clip, and chainsaw. Gary and Brad did the excellent stile work.