Hiking in Turkey Swamp County Park

The parks are open again so we headed for another Monmouth County Park for a nice hike.  We took the Manasquan Trail and walked about 3 miles.  We found one, and possibly the only, advantage of the pandemic and the need for social distancing.  We only met up with a few people on the trail and each time we put on our masks and stepped off the trail to let others pass.  And one time we stepped off the trail we found a lady slipper orchid, which we would have walked right past otherwise.  That was the only one in bloom but there were lots of other leaves and buds.

We also found lots of Jack-in-the-pulpit and spring beauty.