A few weeks ago we were hiking in a wooded area in Faribault and came across an intriguing sight. It made us stop in our tracks to investigate…
It looked like two roots from a large, tall tree that had grown down a cliff and into the soil at the bottom leaving an opening exposing the rock cliff. It formed a beautifully-shaped, arched doorway, and it was the size of one too.
We saw this from the trail at the bottom of a rock wall but we didn’t see an easy way to get to the top of the wall, and we were not equipped to go rock climbing that day. We left the trail and walked closer to the tree to inspect how the split trunk/roots were attached to the rock and found they were growing into the rock. It looked like the rock was sandstone so it seemed possible.
We wondered how it grew to be this way. It was a fun and curious discovery. Gary went and stood in the opening to show perspective to its size.
It lends to one’s imagination of opening an adult-size fairy door and entering through the tree to mystical and charming wonderlands inside…
Someday I’d love to go back and strategically attach a door knob to the rock door…
Love that Val, so charming and magical!!!
It was fun to discover and fun to imagine escaping into wonderland during this pandemic! ha
What a magical discovery/door. Can you disclose the location?
It’s complicated…I’ll send you an email. I could probably lead you to it but I can’t give you directions…we were tromping through the woods one day…
Would there be a ski trail nearby ? Our family may have cross country skied in that area about 45 years ago ! God is so delightfully creative.
When my children were young and we were out walking , I would find many novelties of nature and point them out .
One time as an adult, Maren reminded me of what she remembered about our walks.
She said I would point out several details of an “Ant’s House “ as we stopped to watch their activities for a few minutes, ……as each of the three sisters pointed out things of “ wonder “ that they saw.
Sounds like you have some fun memories Kay.
What an amazing find! It looks like something that would be in or close to the River Bend Nature Center. That was one of my favorite places to walk when I lived there for about 14 years.
It was a fun discovery…I’m so glad we noticed it as we walked by.
That is so darned fanciful! I love it–it really does seem like a magical door! I am so glad Gary stood there to give us the perspective of the size. That makes it seem even more magical, like it is an adult-size entry into a fantasy. What fun!
It’s fun to find out how many people like the idea of an imaginary, or magical, door…