We spotted a yellow bellied sapsucker on the ridge trail at Catskills Interpretive Center else it was a quiet ¾ mile hike. Local artists have won the opportunity to display their works along the longer nature trail. A doe and fawn made an appearance but the main draw is the art. Check out these scarabs and their urban dung balls. Other favorites are a mermaid constructed of mechanical odds and ends and an installation entitled unwrapped (birch-bark-like fabric unpeeling from neighboring trees). Kent and I frequently ponder how it is one gets onto these contributing artists lists.
Campfire! It has been months. No S’more makings but still a nice evening.

Still thinking stroll rather than hike, we explore the trails around camp (Kenneth Wilson State Park). Kingfishers chatter and swoop and a beaver glides across the pond. Surprisingly, there are no mallards but a noisy gaggle of geese gather on the shore. Shoreline benches are inviting and we return later to watch the sunset and wildlife settle in for the night. It made for a lovely quiet evening.