Oko jezera / Around the Lake

U našoj blizini nalazi se Saylorville Lake; veliko jezero, okruženo šumom, kroz koju se pružaju staze za bicikle. Negde sam pročitala podatak da su staze dugačke blizu 25 milja (oko 40km). Staze jednim delom prolaze kroz livade, ali njihov veći deo vodi kroz šumu. Za Ajovu su karakteristične  visoke temperature preko leta, ali ove godine je bilo izuzetno toplo. Skoro dva meseca, temperature su prelazile 35 Celzijusa. Zahvaljujući stazama kroz senovite delove, bilo je moguće voziti bicikle po danu i biti aktivan i na tako visokim temperaturama.

Close to our place, there is a Saylorville Lake. The lake is surrounded by the woods and consists of long bike paths (around 25 miles). One part of the bike path is through the meadows, but most part of it  is through the woods. This year, we had very high heat, many days over 90F. It was really enjoyable to ride the bikes in the shadow of the trees.

Livade su pune leptira

Meadows are full of butterflies

Staza prolazi pored male bašte za leptire, gde su posađene biljke koje ispuštaju nektar koji privlači leptire
Path goes close to the Butterfly Garden full of the plants that attract butterflies: milkweed, purple coneflower, pincushion flower...