a walk at Brookvale

Brookvale isn't just a ski park.  Past the alpine ski park signs is the other Brookvale - this is for cross-country skiiers in the winter, and for walkers the rest of the year.
To get there from Charlottetown, take the Transcanada west to Cornwall.  Turn right at highway 248 and then left at #235, Kingston Road.  Drive about 16 km, turn left on #13, and it's on the left.

The beeches are a vivid yellow, the weather is warm, and there is no better place to be than walking in the woods.

Many trails criss-cross through the park, and you could be there a while if you get confused.

This steep hill would be quite a chore to ski up in the winter.

Witch's butter is a bright yellow jelly fungus. It develops on dead pine trees whose bark has fallen away.  It typically appears after a heavy rain fall.  Although it is flavourless, it is reported to be edible only when cooked, and can be used as a thickener in soups.

According to legend, if witch's butter appears on the gate or door of your home, you have been targeted by the spell of a witch.  The remedy is to pierce the jelly with something sharp until it dies.

These mushrooms look like they were spilled out of a basket.

Tiny mushrooms poke out of a carpet of low-growing plants.

The trail snakes and doubles up onto itself as it winds through the trees.

The frost has reddened these blackberry leaves.

old man's beard