New AAA Service Building Up

Just behind the shopping center at Apex Peakway and Hwy 55 the once long vacant lot now hosts the shell of a new building for the AAA Service center. You can barely see beyond it through the trees to the little lake I've called little Beaver Creek Lake since I started this blog.

At first disappointed that such a lovely spot next to a little lake with a full walking path would not be home to a romantic restaurant with outdoor seating and a view of the sunset over the slopes of Haddon Hall subdivision, I, like others, have to settle for the nature of town development, that more and more wild and natural areas will be leveled for commerce. Commerce does bring more services to the community and more income to the town coffers, allowing for more investment in community services like the great walking trails and parks that Apex has.

Drive by and see this building before it is completed. For little ones who haven't stopped to look at what makes up a building, this can be interesting.

The lake, as I've written before, is still accessible from behind the shopping center next to it, where there is a path through the hedge onto the hillside part of the lakeside path.

The Walkway Around Little Beaver Creek Lake

Around April 16th the parking lot access to the walkway around little Beaver Creek Lake was closed off as the area is getting prepared for a new AAA auto station.

Access to the path around the lake is still available from behind the shopping center next to it. There is very little parking if any at the nearby townhome complex.

The WoodDucks Left Two Weeks Ago

Three little woodducks spent the winter on little Beaver Creek Lake, and just two weeks ago were gone. They were here last year too, but I didn't notice when they left.

Handsome Canadian Goose

There's something so elegant and strong about a canadian goose. Could it be the tuxedo coloring on the face and neck? The cashmere colored feathers on their backs? Or the power of their wings flapping as they take flight into the air with the determination of the Blue Angels jets soaring into the sky. I watched three birds set to the sky with a power that took my breath away. Just because there's so many of them in the area, let's not forget how they grace our developed earth with their beauty.

The First Blues of Spring