Month: Dec. 2008
Number of Adventures: 9
Miles Adventured: Approximately 19.5
Hours Adventured: approximately 12.25
Adventure Destinations: Pine Hill Park, Rugby Field/Swamp, Town Farm Trail, Pittsford Trails, Moosalamoo, Shrewsbury aka Plymsbury Wildlife Management Area
Adventure Companions: Colyn, Mom, and Reno
Thoughts: I got started kind of slow this month, but I managed to pack in quite a few adventures at the very end. I had some great adventures this month as well as a couple misadventures. I saw quite a few interesting sights. The "aquatic crop circle" and the debris damn in Pittsford were particularly interesting. The snow at the end of the month was fabulous. Moosalamoo sees a lot more traffic in the winter. I may have to find a different parking area and different trails to use. I found a new set of trails in Shrewsbury that will allow me to avoid the snowmobilers. Shrewsbury is closer and has easier parking, so I may end up hiking there quite a bit this winter. I think I managed to hit all of my main adventuring locations this month.
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Thursday, January 1, 2009
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Adventure XIII
Type of Adventure: Hike
Date of Adventure: Tues. 9 Dec. 2008
Place of Adventure: Pittsford Trails
Length of Adventure, miles: 2.4
Length of Adventure, hours: 1
Companions: RCHS Adoptee, Reno
Weather: Sunny; high, wispy clouds; low 30's
Other Adventurers Encountered: None
Point of Interest: 1. The river is freezing up along the debris dam. Some of the submerged logs are gathering a nice coating of ice. It's visible through the water. 2. A new sign post was put up a few months ago in one of the meadows. The post has a very interesting pattern chewed into it. I assume a worm, or bug was working on the log before it became a post. 3. At the end of the trail, where the trail splits from the river, the river is starting to freeze. Right in the middle, was a strange circle almost as wide as the river itself. Even the snow was blown along the edge of the circle.
The Debris Dam
This is the tree that fell down most recently, probably last spring. It stretches almost all the way across the river.
The submerged logs putting on ice coats. They are the dark objects under the water.
The bug chewed sign post.
The strange circle in the ice.
Date of Adventure: Tues. 9 Dec. 2008
Place of Adventure: Pittsford Trails
Length of Adventure, miles: 2.4
Length of Adventure, hours: 1
Companions: RCHS Adoptee, Reno
Weather: Sunny; high, wispy clouds; low 30's
Other Adventurers Encountered: None
Point of Interest: 1. The river is freezing up along the debris dam. Some of the submerged logs are gathering a nice coating of ice. It's visible through the water. 2. A new sign post was put up a few months ago in one of the meadows. The post has a very interesting pattern chewed into it. I assume a worm, or bug was working on the log before it became a post. 3. At the end of the trail, where the trail splits from the river, the river is starting to freeze. Right in the middle, was a strange circle almost as wide as the river itself. Even the snow was blown along the edge of the circle.
The Debris Dam
This is the tree that fell down most recently, probably last spring. It stretches almost all the way across the river.
The submerged logs putting on ice coats. They are the dark objects under the water.
The bug chewed sign post.
The strange circle in the ice.
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Adventure XII
Type of Adventure: Hike
Date of Adventure: Wed. 3 Dec. 2008
Place of Adventure: Pittsford Trails
Length of Adventure, miles: 2.4
Length of Adventure, hours: 1.25
Companion(s): Reno
Other Adventurists Encountered: None
Weather: Sunny! Temps in the low 40's.
Points of Interest: 1. Water. Apparently dogs don't care if it is only 40 degrees. If there is open water, dogs want to go swimming. 2. Water again. The debris damn is really getting interesting. It's blocking most of the river. I can't wait to see what happens in the spring when all the snow melts, and the river rises. 3. The drive home. This wasn't really part of the hike, but I wouldn't have enjoyed it if I hadn't been hiking. On the drive home I witnessed several crows or ravens or blackbirds (I'm not exactly sure which they were) chase off a very large hawk. The hawk was probably 50% bigger than the other birds. I was looking into the sun, so I didn't get a really good look at the hawk. I know it was brownish, and had a white chest. And it was big. It flew really low right in front of my car, and then over my car. I was driving up the middle of the road trying to watch it. I was able to watch it land in a tree on the side of the road, and then I was able to turn around in a side road and go back. I parked in a nearby driveway and walked across the yard to try and get a better look at the hawk. I even had my camera with me. Unfortunately, the hawk must have flown off in the time it took me to park and get out of the car. It was still really awesome to see, though. Then I took a picture of the other birds, because I had to take a picture of something.
Reno:
The Other Birds:
Date of Adventure: Wed. 3 Dec. 2008
Place of Adventure: Pittsford Trails
Length of Adventure, miles: 2.4
Length of Adventure, hours: 1.25
Companion(s): Reno
Other Adventurists Encountered: None
Weather: Sunny! Temps in the low 40's.
Points of Interest: 1. Water. Apparently dogs don't care if it is only 40 degrees. If there is open water, dogs want to go swimming. 2. Water again. The debris damn is really getting interesting. It's blocking most of the river. I can't wait to see what happens in the spring when all the snow melts, and the river rises. 3. The drive home. This wasn't really part of the hike, but I wouldn't have enjoyed it if I hadn't been hiking. On the drive home I witnessed several crows or ravens or blackbirds (I'm not exactly sure which they were) chase off a very large hawk. The hawk was probably 50% bigger than the other birds. I was looking into the sun, so I didn't get a really good look at the hawk. I know it was brownish, and had a white chest. And it was big. It flew really low right in front of my car, and then over my car. I was driving up the middle of the road trying to watch it. I was able to watch it land in a tree on the side of the road, and then I was able to turn around in a side road and go back. I parked in a nearby driveway and walked across the yard to try and get a better look at the hawk. I even had my camera with me. Unfortunately, the hawk must have flown off in the time it took me to park and get out of the car. It was still really awesome to see, though. Then I took a picture of the other birds, because I had to take a picture of something.
Reno:
The Other Birds:
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