On a Lifelong Journey to Learn my Place
Plants
Weather: It has been overcast with some rain over the last couple of days. There has been a little breeze, but not much. Each day has seen a brief period of sun, usually in the evening. Birds: Hermit and Swainson’s Thrushes are still singing frequently. I hear American Robins and Winter Wrens as well. I … Read more
My mom leaves tomorrow, so I took advantage of the last day with someone to watch the kids until Melissa gets back and got out on a hike. I went up Mt. Vestovia and ended up making it up to the top of the main peak. I felt fairly good about it, though I did … Read more
It has been difficult to maintain a schedule the last few days, so I have not kept up with daily observations. I have been trying to catch up on various projects, so I did not get out too much except on Wednesday when I went for a hike up Indian River valley to the muskeg … Read more
Originally I had been thinking that I would like to hike up the Middle Sister, but clouds were still obscuring the mountain peaks, so I decided I would just head up the valley. I considered going up beyond Indian River falls, but became distracted by the calls of Townsend’s Warblers between the first and second … Read more
I went for a walk up Indian River Valley and visited some of the lower valley muskegs. I started in the bench muskeg, went down to the large pine tree clearing, back up to the bench muskeg and then into the larger muskeg up valley from the bench muskeg. Later in the evening I spent … Read more
I took a couple of people I know (a botanist and her husband) up to an interesting clearing I found sometime back in Indian River Valley. I was hoping to get some insight into why the place was different and what was growing there. It was a fairly wet trip, but informative for me. Weather: … Read more