Returning to Yates Mill Pond Park, this time with the DSLR

On Monday,  I made my second trip to historic Yates Mill Pond Park in Wake County. Unless the previous visit a couple weeks ago, this time I brought my Canon 6-D and walked a longer trail -- the two-miler Creekside Trail -- on this visit.

The trail includes a portion with a loop that brings you back to the main trail so you can return to the place you started. Midway through the trail, walkers can see a picturesque open farm field and structures beyond the park border. 

Autumn colors were sprouting in some places and vibrant in others. By that indication, I'm hoping to see lots of vibrant colors this year -- in contrast to what we had the past couple years -- in the next couple of weeks. 

The photos you see here are from Monday's visit, my third in all to Yates Mill Pond Park. The image leading off the post is the dramatic scene one has when approaching the pond boardwalk from the side of the parking lot and amphitheater. 

The array includes pond and creek reflections, examples of some of the more vibrant colors, images taken along the trail inside the woods (including a striking silhouette looking toward the farmland mentioned above) and a couple shots of the boardwalk from the trail side of the pond.  I finish with a color flourish from a modest garden in the parking lot.