Warning: This blog will force you to look at my boring nature pictures and listen to me go on and on about how amazing hiking in Guntersville State Park is. First pic I took before the descent from the lodge to the campgrounds on the Lodge Trail. The trail begins behind the lodge which tops Taylor Mountain and ends at the campground on the lakes edge. I believe this was the most stunning hike we've been on so far.
The trail is 1 mile. The trail description stated that deer are often seen on the trail. We had no idea that we would end up right smack in the middle of a den. We, first, stumbled upon a doe and her little one, bedding down just feet off the path. We snapped a few pictures and did a little backtracking to go around them. They didn't seem to mind us.
Where's Waldo? :) There are at least four deer in this picture...one is looking right at you. Within minutes, we were seeing more deer. As we began counting and realized we were surround by at least nine deer. Then, we saw their buck. Gorgeous! He was an elusive fella. We tried to get a picture of him, but he never stopped within our view long enough for us to get the camera in focus for a picture of him.
I have to admit, being surrounded by them was intimidating. The Tosh.O video clip of the deer attacking the dog crossed my mind, and I was glad we hadn't brought Ruby. She spotted one on the Tom Bevill Trail, that we never saw except for a flash of a white tail as it jumped a fallen tree in the hollow below. She had a come apart. They weren't afraid of us and I think that's what scared me most.
We rested at the campground, took a restroom break. The facilities weren't bad. There is a little country store to you can grab a snack at. Then we headed back up the trail...another mile back up the mountain. The trail is described as moderate. Lee said her would have rather hiked from the campground to the lodge and back, but I enjoyed it the way we did it.
Warning: This blog will force you to look at my boring nature pictures and listen to me go on and on about how amazing hiking in Guntersville State Park is. First pic I took before the descent from the lodge to the campgrounds on the Lodge Trail. The trail begins behind the lodge which tops Taylor Mountain and ends at the campground on the lakes edge. I believe this was the most stunning hike we've been on so far.
The trail is 1 mile. The trail description stated that deer are often seen on the trail. We had no idea that we would end up right smack in the middle of a den. We, first, stumbled upon a doe and her little one, bedding down just feet off the path. We snapped a few pictures and did a little backtracking to go around them. They didn't seem to mind us. 
Where's Waldo? :) There are at least four deer in this picture...one is looking right at you. Within minutes, we were seeing more deer. As we began counting and realized we were surround by at least nine deer. Then, we saw their buck. Gorgeous! He was an elusive fella. We tried to get a picture of him, but he never stopped within our view long enough for us to get the camera in focus for a picture of him. 
I have to admit, being surrounded by them was intimidating. The Tosh.O video clip of the deer attacking the dog crossed my mind, and I was glad we hadn't brought Ruby. She spotted one on the Tom Bevill Trail, that we never saw except for a flash of a white tail as it jumped a fallen tree in the hollow below. She had a come apart. They weren't afraid of us and I think that's what scared me most.
We rested at the campground, took a restroom break. The facilities weren't bad. There is a little country store to you can grab a snack at. Then we headed back up the trail...another mile back up the mountain. The trail is described as moderate. Lee said her would have rather hiked from the campground to the lodge and back, but I enjoyed it the way we did it.
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