All,
This morning at 7AM, Rob from work and I headed out to the pines to do our first hike together since January. After visiting the Peacock Cemetery, the cow tunnels, and the hill on the curve along Carranza road, we arrived at our starting point and met up with bobpbx.
We made a few stops early on to see a few things, and then plunged head-on across the cedar swamp along the Featherbed Branch.
Basically we crossed here.
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=39.76...pn=0.012485,0.020728&t=k&z=16&iwloc=addr&om=1
It was quite an adventure, and not for the armchair explorer, especially when it was extremely humid for this time of year. By the time we got out of there we were glad it was over. I had frozen water in my pack which was adjacent to my camera, causing the lens to fog over. In order to take photo’s I had to carry the camera in my hand for an extended time to allow the lens to clear up.
Rob and Bob through the foggy lens.
I don’t have to tell anyone it is dry out there, and the evidence is easy to find. Here is a normally wet savannah that we easily walked across.
Some of the old wooden spillways that normally reside underwater are in clear view.
Bob after checking out the surrounding area from a downed tree. Notice the vegetation we were traveling through.
One of the nicest savannahs you will ever come across. Easily accessible by car and foot.
Bob and Rob checking it out.
That grass is tall
Again, it is dry! This channel in the savanna proves that. There were some interesting tracks in that hard mud.
And within minutes of taking that last photo the rains came! We were at the farthest point we had planned on traveling from the cars. I did not have a hat, and my glasses quickly became a burden. Bob did some quick panning on his GPS and came up with what he felt was the best route back, but the rain kept coming and we quickly were soaked. We finally made the road almost two miles from the car, where the rain slowed enough to start to eat. However, before finishing the rain had resumed, and we headed on down the road to end the day. Bob said it best on that final wet stretch, that a day in the pines is better than a day at work. I like how he thinks!
Guy
This morning at 7AM, Rob from work and I headed out to the pines to do our first hike together since January. After visiting the Peacock Cemetery, the cow tunnels, and the hill on the curve along Carranza road, we arrived at our starting point and met up with bobpbx.
We made a few stops early on to see a few things, and then plunged head-on across the cedar swamp along the Featherbed Branch.
Basically we crossed here.
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=39.76...pn=0.012485,0.020728&t=k&z=16&iwloc=addr&om=1
It was quite an adventure, and not for the armchair explorer, especially when it was extremely humid for this time of year. By the time we got out of there we were glad it was over. I had frozen water in my pack which was adjacent to my camera, causing the lens to fog over. In order to take photo’s I had to carry the camera in my hand for an extended time to allow the lens to clear up.
Rob and Bob through the foggy lens.
I don’t have to tell anyone it is dry out there, and the evidence is easy to find. Here is a normally wet savannah that we easily walked across.
Some of the old wooden spillways that normally reside underwater are in clear view.
Bob after checking out the surrounding area from a downed tree. Notice the vegetation we were traveling through.
One of the nicest savannahs you will ever come across. Easily accessible by car and foot.
Bob and Rob checking it out.
That grass is tall
Again, it is dry! This channel in the savanna proves that. There were some interesting tracks in that hard mud.
And within minutes of taking that last photo the rains came! We were at the farthest point we had planned on traveling from the cars. I did not have a hat, and my glasses quickly became a burden. Bob did some quick panning on his GPS and came up with what he felt was the best route back, but the rain kept coming and we quickly were soaked. We finally made the road almost two miles from the car, where the rain slowed enough to start to eat. However, before finishing the rain had resumed, and we headed on down the road to end the day. Bob said it best on that final wet stretch, that a day in the pines is better than a day at work. I like how he thinks!
Guy
