#11. Natural Connections – North Country Trail (FT-4) 12:30 pm – 4:30 pm Join Emily Stone, Naturalist at the Cable Natural History Museum, to learn about the volcanic origins and glacial sculpting that created the foundation for delightful spring flowers and their animal neighbors. We’ll hike a narrow, hilly section of the North Country Trail 0.7 m to the Juniper Rock Overlook with a view of the Marengo River Valley. Intrepid hikers can continue to the river or farther yet to the Swedish Settlement—the farmstead ruins of a very tough family. In addition to birds and other critters, we’ll hope to find a great variety of spring wildflowers. Emily is the author of two Natural Connections books, and by using science to tell stories, she wields a magic that makes the whole world feel more alive.