I lead a lot of natural history walks, but today I had the wonderful experience of just being part of the led, in this case, along for the walk with the Connecticut Botanical Society. This collection of superb botanists explored the Avalonia Land Conservancy's TriTown Forest Preserve and spent most of the time investigating the plant life making a living on the refuge's abundance of trap rock ridges. It was a delight to be in the company of enthusiastic experts who were happy to share their knowledge, and I picked up a notebook full of wisdom. Here's my old friend Juan examining a moss; the Peterson guide was to ID the next specimen he had under observation.