Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Adventure XXXI

Date of Adventure: Tues. 17 Feb. 2009

Type of Adventure: Snowshoe hike

Place of Adventure: Patch Hollow, LT/AT

Length of Adventure, miles: approx. 2

Length of Adventure, hours: 1.75

Companion(s): Colyn

Other Adventurers Encountered: None

Weather: Sunny, temps in upper 20's, windy at beaver bog, only a couple inches of snow

Notes: 1. I didn't really need the snow shoes. Almost all the snow melted off in the recent warm weather. I ended up taking them off and leaving them in the cabin while we hiked the rest of the way up to the beaver bog. 2. If you have to pee in the woods in the winter, try to find a bucket in a cabin to make life easier. 3. The cabin is about half way to the beaver bog. Follow the sort of path/ stream up the hill. There will be 2 intersections. At the first, bear left, at the 2nd, bear right. Another time I'll have to follow the left hand trail at the 2nd intersection. It continues up hill at least a little. 4. I saw a nifty rotting tree stump with some kind of mold growing in it. I thought it was snow at first, but it wasn't.

The moldy tree stump:


The Beaver Bog:



Where the dam broke last summer:




What do you see?


(I saw a horned animal about to charge me. Think buffalo or moose.)

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