The Skyfields on Jackson Hill

Our 3rd weekend at Kayuta and we're still waiting for that nice sunny day.  At least, we got a visit from this small red backed salamander, supposedly the most common salamander in this area. All the rain must have encouraged it to come out of its hiding place to go hunting.

During the brief respites from the rain, we were able to go on short walks around the camp and even go on a short canoe ride.

Desperate for something new to explore, we headed out towards Jackson Hill in search of a trail. About 2.1 miles after turning from Route 46, we found the parking lot for the Skyfields on Jackson Hill, one of the cross-country ski trail systems maintained by BREIA which is open for hiking and biking in the summer.


The trails are closed to the public on Mondays to Friday from 9am to 1:30 pm and on this drizzly Sunday morning, we had the trails to ourselves.

We started walking on the Hillside Trail hoping for a nice easy stroll but ended up going down towards the Telemark Field. We got our aerobic workout climbing back up.

The Skyfields Trail system is said to offer the "finest views and the most spectacular landscapes" of the 3 BREIA trail systems. Today was not the day to enjoy these views. With a lot of area to cover, as seen on the map, we will have to spend more time here in the future...when it's not raining.

2011 Season Begins

We finally were able to go to Kayuta this Memorial Day weekend, the latest date we've opened our camp for the summer. Our hummingbirds are back and we got news of a fox den on our property. Hopefully we'll get a chance to see it this year.




With a change in my husband's work arrangement, we might not be able to spend as much time at the camp as last year. Working from home like below may be a thing of the past.