On a Lifelong Journey to Learn my Place
Some students had been planning to spend Thanksgiving weekend camping at Camp Lake and one of them invited me to come up and visit if I wanted. That got me thinking about going to Medvejie. It’s been over a year since I last went there, so I thought it would be good to head out … Read more
I think I recognized an alarm call today while I was out in the back yard trying to get pictures of a red-breasted nuthatch. There are many juncos that frequent the area behind our house and quite a few of them were scattered in the open area near where I was standing. They would periodically … Read more
Connor came in this morning before his mom and I were up to tell us that he heard a Steller’s Jay. There has been one hanging around lately, though we had not heard it for the last couple of days.
There were many flowers in bloom along Starrigavan Ridge and quite a few of them were ones that I had not previously noticed. The heathers were blooming profusely, especially the white mountain heather. Shooting stars were in abundance in the wetter areas. Butterworts were common, and I saw a few Alaska Violets. New to me … Read more
Jonathan and I planned to get dropped off at the end of the road, hike up Starrigavan Ridge, over to the saddle between Indian River Valley and Katlian Valley, and then down the west fork of Indian River to town. As it turned out, this plan was probably a little bit ambitious for the first … Read more
Connor and I went on a short hike up to Heart Lake on Sunday. It looks like work has started to put in around the north side of the lake. A swath of brush had been cut a short distance from the lake edge. This presumably is meant to be part of the Thimbleberry to … Read more