On a Lifelong Journey to Learn my Place
The weather was not what most people consider fabulous, but I took advantage of an opportunity get out hiking and made my first trek above the alpine in several months. I biked out to the trailhead and arrived around 10:30am. I was originally planning to do a relatively quick hike, so I didn’t bring much. … Read more
Fellow natural history enthusiast Kitty LaBounty wanted to make a trip up the West Fork of Indian River to look for mosses over spring break. I thought that sounded like a reasonable way to spend a day, so I agreed to go along. Despite the spring in spring break, it’s been anything but spring-like around … Read more
Photos taken while snowshoeing up Indian River Valley.
For the third year in a row, I chose to hike up Mt. Verstovia and down into Indian River Valley for my CBC route. Unlike the last couple of years, we’ve actually had a fair amount of snow this year, including some overnight. Walking along Sawmill Creek Road, I saw ravens and starlings, but someone … Read more
As the semester is winding down, it seems my work days are getting a little busier. It didn’t help that the warming weather made conditions a little sloppy, I’ve been continuing to fight off a cold, and Melissa spent the day yesterday writing and working on ceramics. However, today I did get out and go … Read more