Hike the rolling wooded trails of Borderland State Park on a sunny spring afternoon or plop down on a blanket in the shadow of its ivy-robed Tudor Gothic mansion and look around. All you see is life. Everywhere you look. Baby chipmunks and squirrels scurry about, darting across your path as you walk. Fragrant apple blossoms clustered near the mansion draw a buzz of insect activity.
Butterflies flitter through a warm springtime breeze.
Young moms pushing strollers wheel their children along the narrow paths of the 1,772-acre park. Businessmen in suits take a peaceful lunch walk on its undulating lawns. Horseback riders disappear into the woods to gallop among the trees. This is Borderland at its best. This time of year, you see turtles laying their eggs, the fish getting closer to shore, the dragonflies come out and you see all the colors.