St. Peter's Trail Snails had a unique opportunity last week--to be among the first to walk the newly constructed Meditation Trail on the grounds of the church. In fact, we made this opportunity available both Wednesday and Friday. This was a project that had been a vision for a few of us for many years, and though we wanted it to be an accessible trail, we could not afford the cost of such. And so . . . a dozen of us dug in--we marked the layout about a month ago, and then donned our work gloves and brought our tools: weed whackers; chain saws, loppers; and rakes. Cut trees were hauled out and thanks to equipment donated by Hayes Ace Hardware, we chipped them for use on the trail. (We're still looking for more chips). In the quiet of his own sawmill and workshop, parishioner Bruce created benches that sit on granite and trail blazes and a few other surprises. And parishioners Ben and Jeff turned two openings in stonewalls into manageable crossings. And we pruned and raked and pruned some more. And tada--we have a trail. And the trail has many surprises and each time we walk it, we find more to wonder about

This is a picture of an already pollinated Ghost Pipe Flower that is turned upright. 

Thank you to Leigh Hayes for capturing all these amazing photographs!