Coleman on a Wooden Swing Ashbrook High School Gastonia, NCColeman on an Honor Monument Al Hess Cross Country Trail In Honor of Alfred John Hess Jr. Ashbrook Cross Country Coach
It wasn’t hard to find logs while my grandson and I went walking through the backwoods of our neighborhood. The following is what we discovered.
Log 🪵 with Tree Fungus Stacked Fire 🔥 Logs 🪵Logs 🪵 in FirepitCut Logs 🪵Fallen Tree 🌲 Log 🪵More Cut Logs 🪵Loose Cut Logs 🪵 and Branches Logs 🪵 entwined with Green Leaves 🍃
Eastern Tree Caterpillar nests are commonly found on wild cherry, apple, and crab apple, but may be found on hawthorn, maple, cherry, peach, pear and plum as well. There is one generation of the Eastern tent caterpillar per year. The insects overwinter as egg masses on twigs, and they hatch in April. They turn into moths which are reddish-brown with two pale stripes running diagonally across each forewing. Photinia ‘ Red Robin ‘ P x fraseri also known as the Christmas Berry makes an attractive hedging plant with its glossy red new growth. Wisteria sinensis ‘Cooke’s Purple’Hally Jolivette Cherry (Prunus) is one of the best flower ornamental cherry trees available.
Crowders Mountain State Park is a 5,217-acre North Carolina state park located in Gaston County, North Carolina in the United States. Gaston County is located 32 miles west of Charlotte. It is on the outskirts of Gastonia, North Carolina.
Which Way should we go? To Boulders Overlook or into South Carolina?
Crowders Mountain State Park includes two mountain peaks with fabulous views of the surrounding Piedmont area. The peaks include Crowders Mountain and The Pinnacle. There are three different Access Points to the state park.
Sparrow Springs Access and Visitor Center – 20 miles of hiking trails
Linwood Road Access – 4 miles of hiking trails
Boulder Access – 6 miles of hiking trails.
Ridgeline Trail Map
My grandson and I entered the Crowders Mountain State Park via the Boulders Access Point. This was the first time I took him to this location. We didn’t go far on this trip, only 2.8 miles round trip. We hiked a small portion of the Ridgeline Trail. The entire Ridgeline Trail runs along both North and South Carolina.
Coleman choosesTo ClimbUpwardOn a Boulder Until he reaches the Top
The Ridgeline Trail is only one of many trails in the state park. The Boulders Access has a visitor center, restrooms, and picnic areas along with the hiking trails. At this location are quite a number of various sizes of boulders. Some of the boulders were close to the trail and too much of a temptation for my grandson to resist climbing. The Boulders Access area is less crowded then the main access at the Sparrow Springs Access point. The trail is rocky and traverses up and down and around the mountain.
Park Information:
Crowders Mountain State Park 522 Park Office Lane Kings Mountain, NC 28086
Today wasn’t a day for being out in nature like my grandson loves to be with me. Instead it was a day of running errands and a trip to the barbershop. The last few years I’ve mostly seen beauty shops or hair salons. Sometimes those places just do not perform to one’s satisfaction. We too my grandson to a Great Clips hair salon and were not satisfied with the performance the hairdresser gave on his haircut.
After the poor experience, we let his hair grow and put off taking him anyway to get a better haircut. The other day Coleman, my grandson, held up a portion of his hair and made cutting motions with his fingers. Therefore, it was time to take him somewhere for a better haircut. After googling the area for a barber shop, I found several possibilities. Still I waited though until today. While out on our errands, one of those barbershops was right in the same shopping center we were at for another purpose. I felt it was a sign, so I took him inside for a haircut.
Before photos:
Coleman’s trip to the Landry’s Barbershop
During haircut photos:
Coleman Haircut Coleman getting his haircut. He sat so still. He was amazing. Bigmatt Dabarber cutting Coleman’s hair
After Haircut Photos:
Coleman loves his new hairdo. Luckily, so does his mom.
Photo Credit: Deb L. Waters ( Aka Nana)
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