Forest Bathing

It’s a real thing; you can pay money to have someone guide you through a bath.

But, no guide necessary here—just follow the path…the big loop path…down the drive, by the TotoTom pier, past the big, raised bed garden (under construction), alongside the chicken coop, and then along TotoTom Lake to the point, where you turn to ascend the ridge, keeping Interlachen Lake on your right, eventually wending your way back toward the cabin where you follow the flagstone path around to the flight of stairs leading back down to the boathouse. And, the whole way, all along the route, enjoy the company of trees—many trees, a variety of trees, magnificent trees. Red oak, red pine, white pine, birch, hemlock, locust, alder—and some of these trees have been here for ages. Big Bertha, a towering white pine, challenges two people to reach around her trunk and is perhaps 150 of more years old.

Oak

Oak

Fern

Fern

and Paxton wandering among the trunks

and Paxton wandering among the trunks