With the remains of Tropical Storm Nicole all around us, there have been many warnings of the flooding to come as the storm heads up the East Coast.
It has been raining ALL day, but I should not complain, we have needed it for over well over a month.
At least I have not had to mow the lawn lately…
But then again… I can still see the wheel tracks from the last time I mowed…
It was another warm summer Sunday, and the kids needed to get out of the house and get some exercise.
We got our water bottles together, and I filled the back packs with them.
The three of us got in the car, and headed for the Dowlin Forge Road entrance of the Struble Trail.
Once there, we parked and gathered ourselves, and the started our walk, heading North.
Near the middle of the big long curve (2.0 mile marker), there was an older couple, looking into the creek with great excitement.
As we got closer, they called us over to take a look at the big Snapping turtle near the edge of the creek.
When we got there, and looked down the ten foot embankment, one could easily see a Snapping turtle who’s shell was easily 15 inches or longer.
The kids looked with some quiet excitement, and we continued on.
We found our little creek trail, darted into the woods, and then quickly found the cold water.
It felt so good!
While the kids played at the water edge, I setup my tripod, and did these images.
As you can see, the water level is VERY LOW!
We began to walk up the creek, following the land, an area we have walked numerous time before.
When we got near the Fishing Area, I was able to capture this wonderful image.
I have walked on and around this tree many a times, but have never seen it like this!
So it goes without saying, we need some rain, and these pictures do show it!
Eventually, we got back on the wooded trail, and on to the paved section heading to the Parking Lot.
Dinner and Bed, soon to follow.
“Good Night Moon!”
I went back today after taking my daughter on a Nature walk in new area.
When we got there, she really seemed to open up to the bridge.
It was “cool”!
The sun was just hitting the water at such an angle, that light was coming up from underneath, which was very helpful!
The weeds have NOT gotten any better!
and JPEG Compression can REALLY kill a HDRI image!
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After I finally got to the bridge, it started to rain, so I was confined to shooting inside the bridge.
Tried to scout for future shoots, and did see several, but the weeds are so over grown at this point, it is not worth the effort.
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It has been a long winter…
Most of February, was spent inside… Blizzard after blizzard… Snow and more snow…
We needed to get out, so we ventured down to Struble Trail for a longed needed walk.
It was also good to see the colors of spring!
and a young fern uncurling…
a nice collection of fiddle-heads, getting ready to burst…
More images can be found on my Photostream…
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