Howdy folks. We've just returned from a very nice weekend in the woods. It was a great trip, with good camp fire conversation with some of the Awesome Fiance's nearest and dearest, hiking through some of the most wonderfully balsam-y trails I've ever smelled, and ooh-ing and ahh-ing at a remarkable array of wildlife. There was the moose couple that meandered through a marshy area about 100 yards from our campsite, and a bald eagle that flew even closer than that. The fox, chipmunk, and heron we saw were (perhaps unfairly) less exciting to see, and the bear that apparently visited the campground under cover of darkness was, to my great relief, not actually seen at all.
Sadly, I've got no photographic proof of the moose or the eagle, or, really, of any of the wildlife... only of the beautiful surroundings and the fact that we had lovely time.
Setting up our campsite. Note the awesome proximity to the water.
View from the site, toward the river and mist.
There was lot of photographizing.
Also, the coining of the term "photographizing."
Some of the shots even came out all artsy and cool.
Fall has definitely arrived.
We did some hiking, but not *that* much hiking. Mountain was for aethetic purposes only.
This is us having fun and, for my part, at least, being thankful to've avoided any direct encounters with bears. Yay!
2 comments:
That looks like a fun trip! The last picture looks kind of like you jumped in at the last minute. :)
How did you know a bear had been through your campground?
It was super fun! And yeah, interesting photographic results from using the self-portrait-at-arms-length method. :)
There was some clanging about of trash cans and stuff in the middle of one of the nights we were there, and some bear tracks maybe a tenth of a mile away... and the woman who runs the campground confirmed that we'd had a bear visitor. Thankfully, the only bears around here are black bears, which I hear are much less aggressive than grizzlies. Or something.
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