Our recent trip to Indian Springs Metropark was officially called a “staff outing, ” which we all know is just grown-up-speak for a field trip. What a gorgeous day for exploring the headwaters of the Huron River! I know this was the first time I had been to the area, and the origins of the Huron were not at all what I was expecting – somehow, in my head, I had a visual of a large lake or significant bubbling spring (Ok, I admit it, the picture in my head was a dramatic geyser, but I knew that was not happening!).
The reality is that the headwaters are a series of ponds, wetlands and small streams making a joint effort to create the beautiful Huron.
![shade indian springs](http://www.hrwc.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/shade-indian-springs.jpg)
![Yuck! But that goopy orange stuff is normal - produced by bacteria in acidic soils.](http://www.hrwc.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Algae-Indian-Springs.jpg)
![stream indian springs](http://www.hrwc.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/stream-indian-springs1.jpg)
![One of several snakes we saw on our hike - possibly a Northern water snake?](http://www.hrwc.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/snake-indian-springs.jpg)