Many people bring their dogs on this trail. This is Scout, a 10 month Great Pyrenees puppy. This is on the Leif Erikson Trail.

The Thurston Street Bridge crosses over the trail just at the Lower Macleay Trailhead.

Nice bridge over Balch Creek can handle the crowds on this trail.

A tiny waterfall on Balch Creek makes pleasant sounds along the trail.

A stone bench near the bridge is almost to nice to sit on.

Balch Creek flows past the stone house and sitting on the rocks in the stream. The flowing water drowns out any sounds of the city.

The stone house was built by the Works Progress Administration. It was a restroom and was abandoned after the Columbus Day Storm.

The Aspen Trail starts on Aspen Road and goes back up to the Wildwood Trail. Here is the trail sign but it is off in the bushes a bit.

The Aspen Trail starts on Aspen Road and goes back up to the Wildwood Trail.

This is where the Wildwood Trail crosses the Dogwood Trail. You can see the signs have been vandalized so the junction isn't signed when this photo was taken in August 2010.

Smith's Fairybells (Latin name: Disporum smithii) growing along the Wildwood Trail. This plant is different from Hooker's Fairybells because the leaves and stems aren't hairy at all.

The Wildwood Trail winds through Forest Park and connects to a multitude of trails throughout the park.

Most of the trail junctions are well signed but sometimes the signs are missing.

The stone house is always popular with hikers.

The stone house is at the junction of the Lower Macleay Trail and the Wildwood Trail. Though it is picturesque sometimes people leave trash around the house.