All,
A rare late afternoon and evening hike was in order for me, when I hooked up with bobpbx and we headed out for an almost 4 hour tenacious deep woods exploration. Our goal was to scope out some spungs that Bob had not visited before. Along with his dog Buddy we headed into the woods for the unknown.
Here is Bob and Buddy at our first stop. You can see that the resident animals have nothing to drink. Leatherleaf is encroaching and will eventually destroy this spung.
Soon after I spotted a Hognose Snake which Bob quickly captured.
A close up.
You can see what we had to push through to get here.
Hognose Snakes play dead to protect thmselves, and this one was no exception. Multiple times we turned him over and he died a thousand deaths
He just kept turning over with his mouth open. Each time he would get little pebbles stuck on his tongue which he did not try to get off.
I am so happy this photo turned out fairly well. This was for Bob the highlight of the outing. We discovered this little patch of woods where someone had cleared away to help the Broom Crowberry grow. Most likely it was the EPA. Broom Crowberry is one of the first plants to flower each year, and you can barely see the results of that when it occurs. A wonderful place that needs a revisit one day.
The next spung was similar in the fact there was again no water. Native Americans would stop at these locations on their way to the shore. Today, the water table is lowering putting them at risk. This shows Bob checking out the plant life he has found.
Another great location we visited on our route was this pretty spot. Bob had picked this out from aerial photo's with his keen eye for spungs.
A hunter had been using this location to bait deer.
I found his really nice deer stand and climbed it for this shot.
Sliding plastic windows in this humble abode.
And Bob again checking out the plant life.
Guy
A rare late afternoon and evening hike was in order for me, when I hooked up with bobpbx and we headed out for an almost 4 hour tenacious deep woods exploration. Our goal was to scope out some spungs that Bob had not visited before. Along with his dog Buddy we headed into the woods for the unknown.
Here is Bob and Buddy at our first stop. You can see that the resident animals have nothing to drink. Leatherleaf is encroaching and will eventually destroy this spung.
Soon after I spotted a Hognose Snake which Bob quickly captured.
A close up.
You can see what we had to push through to get here.
Hognose Snakes play dead to protect thmselves, and this one was no exception. Multiple times we turned him over and he died a thousand deaths
He just kept turning over with his mouth open. Each time he would get little pebbles stuck on his tongue which he did not try to get off.
I am so happy this photo turned out fairly well. This was for Bob the highlight of the outing. We discovered this little patch of woods where someone had cleared away to help the Broom Crowberry grow. Most likely it was the EPA. Broom Crowberry is one of the first plants to flower each year, and you can barely see the results of that when it occurs. A wonderful place that needs a revisit one day.
The next spung was similar in the fact there was again no water. Native Americans would stop at these locations on their way to the shore. Today, the water table is lowering putting them at risk. This shows Bob checking out the plant life he has found.
Another great location we visited on our route was this pretty spot. Bob had picked this out from aerial photo's with his keen eye for spungs.
A hunter had been using this location to bait deer.
I found his really nice deer stand and climbed it for this shot.
Sliding plastic windows in this humble abode.
And Bob again checking out the plant life.
Guy
