Day Trip #12
Saturday, April 30, 2022
The visitor’s center at Lime Creek Nature Center in Mason City, Iowa. Great trails are well maintained and they have a web-based interpretive program that explains the flora and fauna seen along the trails.
Fujifilm X-Pro3 23mm, 1/250 sec, f/8, ISO 160
Meet “Mindy” the Wood Turtle sculpture located in front of the Lime Creek Nature Center. She is modeled after a Wood Turtle spotted at the Lime Creek Conservation Area in 2017. The Wood Turtle in an endangered species in Iowa.
Fujifilm X-Pro3 23mm, 1/80 sec, f/9, ISO 640
Winnebago River winds along some of the Lime Creek Nature Center trails.
Fujifilm X-Pro3 23mm, 1/180 sec, f/8, ISO 160
“Ruins of the old Mason City Brewery; built in 1873 and used as a brewery until 1882 when a prohibition amendment was added to the Iowa Constitution. Afterward, the building was used as a slaughterhouse, ice house, home, barn, and office. All that remains intact is the brewery cellar.” From an interpretive plaque on site.
Fujifilm X-Pro3 23mm, 1/110 sec, f/8, ISO 160
A controlled burn site in the prairie grass at Lime Creek Nature Preserve. Notice the first green shoots of spring emerging.
Fujifilm X-Pro3 23mm, 1/80 sec, f/13, ISO 800
An old railroad bed passing through the nature preserve at Lime Creek.
Fujifilm X-Pro3 23mm, 1/500 sec, f/4, ISO 160
Not really visible in this photo, but this large anthill was teeming with activity!
Fujifilm X-Pro3 23mm, 1/150 sec, f/4, ISO 160
