Centennial Lake in August 2014 (part 1)

The path around Centennial Lake (in Centennial Park in Howard County, MD) is a little over 2 miles. It has a mixture of lake views - from shady areas, through trees, and wide open meadow down to the water.

Even at 9 AM there are lots of different activities on the trail:  walkers (solitary, couples, and gaggles of chattering groups), joggers and runners (mostly solitary but a few pairs), an occasional biker. Some people were fishing from the shore or the lake; the ones on the lake must have had their open boat because the concession wasn’t open yet.

The morning had progressed enough that the birds were into their morning feeding rather than morning songs.

It was warm enough for insects to be investigating August flowers.

Somehow the people and wildlife was not making any jarring noise; the place sustains a natural serenity even with quite a lot of activity.

I will plan some early morning walks when there are autumn leaves.