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According to Entimologists this is gonna be a bad season for inchworms and caterpillars. I couldn't imagine it being any worse than last year, when it was impossible to go into the woods for a good part of June, unless you liked picking off 50 or more of the little loopers and hearing the sound...

Actually they are now hanging from most of the trees here in Nassau county on Long Island. Even on a typical Nassau street, packed with houses and not many trees, I got quite a few webs on me and in my face and some baby inchworms too. I can imagine that the woods are quite bad right now...

Well maybe I wouldn't call it a town, but the southern portion of the Rocky Point Preserve, near Rt.25 and between Wood Lots Rd and Wading River Hollow, used to be a game farm of some sort. Must be spooky at night!:jd: Leading up the paved narrow road, poles and wires remain. Going further...

Some photos from last Wednsday afternoon in Sears Bellows preserve. I walked practically the length of the preserve, starting at Bellows lake, then heading west along the woods road that links the two lakes. Even though Bellows lake is near the entrance, there wasn't one person around, not even...

We really have had some spectacular weather this week. It's been cool, dry, and the sky a clear blue with little if any clouds (except over the extreme eastern end of LI as a storm spins offshore). I've gotten to the pines quite a bit, including Sears-Bellows park in Flanders, which has two...

I was down in the Edgewood (Deer Park) woods today, and the damage from the fire that happened a couple weeks ago was pretty bad. The aireal photos the news shows cannot even begin to show how the fire has changed the landscape in the park. I will post some "then and now" photos to show how the...

Here are some photos from my visit to Edgewood back in February. Many of the photos that were taken in the southeastern portion of the preserve were involved in today's severe fire there. Much more can be found in my gallery here http://forums.njpinebarrens.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=420

The smoke was visible from Roosevelt Field here in Nassau county, some 20 miles away! 40 to 50 acres were burned.

There's a big fire burning in the Edgewood Preserve in Deer Park right now, it's close to burning the train station and warehouses. Not at all suprised, it has been a very dry and warm April. Firefighters respond to scene of two brush fires in Deer Park Play the video (04/20/06) DEER PARK...

That's good to hear, we still got time...:guinness:

Wow, that's alot of ticks. I assume you did some "bushwacking"? It's gonna be a bad tick season, warm winter, hot spring...leads into brutal blazin' summer. I assume the pines flies were out too. Nothin seems to keep them away.:jd:

Too hot for me to go into the woods, and I'm sure the pine flies are out in full force now! Thank God temps cool into the 50s by Monday, but it's probably too late to keep the pine flies away.

Some trails are for walkers only, but I prefer the horse trails because they are wider, and avoiding the ticks is easier. By "landmine" you mean the poo, right? There doesn't seem to be much in Connetquot though. The horses that go through there seem pretty clean to me. Now the ones they use on...

That's why I like winter.

Cotton briefs and tight fitting clothing made it worse last summer, so thats why I switched to looser fitting clothing. I don't wear shorts in the woods because of the ticks. I think that zeo powder may be an idea, I've also heard chamios creme helps. Or going "commando".:siren:

Now that it's getting warmer, I am sweating alot more on my hikes. Now I always wear loose fitting clothing and drink plenty of fluids, esp before I start. But I am having a personal problem, it probably happens to more of us than we'd like to admit. I am getting what bicyclists call a "saddle...

This park, located in western Suffolk County, in the Islip area, is very large. To go and walk the trails that loop around the park for some 10 miles, took most of the day and alot to drink (and I was still thirsty!).:guinness: No wonder many people choose to explore it on horseback. The...

Had to delete them from my photobucket since it was getting full.

I actually do have a few ads up on places like Match.com but I never get any replies. I sometimes think because I am short (5'2) that may shy women away. It's not that I'm looking for tall model like women, I generally state that I am attracted to women who are similar to me in physique (that is...

Have those biting flies come out yet? The weekend was very warm, esp Sunday, so I wouldn't be suprised. So far I've been lucky, haven't been bothered by them yet. But I know they're coming soon.:siren: