Friday, July 18, 2008

We went walking on one of the trails at around 9 am this morning.. about too late to do so. It was warm and humid. We lost our green trail markers... and followed the blue markers for a bit and then turn around and went back the direction we came when the trail started getting too steep.


There are lots of beautiful rocks along the trail. There were also lots of spider webs in the midst of the trail. We walked around a lot, but Frank also walked into a lot of them that just couldn't be seen.


There were Turkey Vultures sunning on the power lines. We saw a couple of deer in the same area. On the blue trail we saw a pair of fawns.. they still had their spots. I brought the pocket camera along, but the battery was dying and the pictures didn't turn out. How I wish I had brought the Sony A700 and the long lens. They were so beautiful.

The forest was pretty quiet. There were a few crickets chirping and something sounded a bit like a cicada. There was a very loud woodpecker for a couple of minutes... pecking at a dead tree. Maybe it was a pileated woodpecker or the elusive ivory-billed woodpecker.... I'd like it to be the latter one :-D


We took a shower after our walk. I then put some butter beans on to go with the roast chicken. While they cooked we watched a Jack Benny tape... bought at Wal-Mart from the $5 bin. All of it won't play, so we will probably exchange it next Wal-Mart visit. Mel Blanc (Bugs Bunny and other voices) was in a couple of the shows... he sure was funny.


After dinner I took a walk around the Trout Dock area and then up to the Dew Springs area of the park. The sign there said that the water temperature of the spring runs from 46 to 74 degrees depending on the season. The temperature of the water of the river year-round is from 48 to 52 degrees. Much colder than the springs around home.



We were lazy in the afternoon. Around 6:30 pm we took our cameras over to the river's edge. We both took photos. I tried out the b&w feature on my camera and some of them turned out pretty good.


We talked with a man that has been a guide on the river for a while. He was interesting to listen to. He gave us two rainbow trout. So we have enough for a meal now.... probably after we get back home. We might do a little fishing in the morning.


Another shower was taken and it is time to rest again.