Revisit of Hollowell Park

Having discovered Hollowell Park in Oct, 2009, and later learning of its beavers, I was anxious to return.  So, we set out on our last hike of the Memorial Day week.  Finding beaver dams and ponds would satisfy me, as we went in the middle of the day.  This time we followed the trail along Mill Creek (duh!) instead of going the opposite direction.

We collected rocks and noted the flowers along the way.

We even spied deer wandering through the meadow.

Finally, we came to ponds, small ones, at first, and then this larger one!

.....and the pond had a dam!

Could it be the 6 ft dam I'd read about?  (Can ya tell - pond at the top of the picture?  The white is the water rushing over the dam.  I know, I prob'ly shouldn't post a picture that I have to explain!)

The dam didn't look 6 ft high, but we guessed that the water below the dam was unusually high because of the wet Spring and this just might be THE dam!  We wanted to continue on, following Mill Creek, just to be sure that this was THE dam, that there weren't bigger and better ones yet to come!  Alas!  we were halted by a huge marshy area, melting snow flowing into the Creek.  Not being prepared for such, we turned back, leaving further exploration to another day.