Greetings and welcome!
It was a very nice weekend last weekend. Temperatures got up into the mid-70s, and we had nice days. Saturday we went for a ride and hit 5 different waterfalls, getting pictures and video at each one. Even though it was 75 degrees out I still managed to find a few spots with snow remaining in their little micro-climate. We also saw falcons, deer, a Momma bear and cubs, and more. It was a very fun afternoon.
One thing that we couldn’t help marveling about was the absence of bugs. No ticks, gnats, mosquitoes, nothing all day. It was certainly appreciated.
So far this spring I have had 3 ticks, no gators, and no gnats. One fisherman said that he found some skeeters down by the water but I haven’t seen one yet.
Sunday was nice too, but toward sunset the wind started kicking up and the skies grew increasingly menacing. Overnight we ended up having some pretty good rains move through the area. We are not flooding or anything but the wet weather has low spots holding water and the streams are a little swollen.
The grass has greened up and some of the popples are coming right along in their first leaves. The maples have flowered and are dropping the red things. Next come the little helicopters and the leaves. The rest of the forest is still pretty thin, but the forest floor is greening up and the trillium can’t be far behind.
I have a feeling that the rain over the past few weeks will bring some dramatic changes in the next week in how many leaves and underbrush emerge. Today’s new sighting was the pussy willows and some swamp dwelling shrub flowering.
When I was out Saturday one of the little lakes that we visited was starting to get the first few lilly pads. There were only a few soda can sized ones, but that tells me that it is time to go fishing. The bass and panfish should start getting good the next few weeks.
On our waterfall tour I took 249 pictures. Ooops. I shaved it down to 79, but that is still a lot. Instead of photo bombing the page I made a gallery page for them. I will share one or two here too.
Check out the gallery page, there are a lot more really nice pictures.
That is it for this visit. Have a good week and thank you for visiting!
RJB