Moonrise.
Hey Dad. What made these holes?
My family spent some time here at least once when I was little.
Dad , here's another one of those rainbow bugs, but this one I got a good picture of because it was dead.
Here's the live rainbow beetle.
The Dragon's Tooth.
Cool climbable rock.
On top of the tooth.
Here's me realizing I'd walked the wrong way on the A.T. for an hour and a half.
Here's where I got turned around.
McAfee Knob. I wished I could have stayed here for the sunset.
Some sort of funnel web.
Lot's of them.
Happy to be at the hotel. Met someone this morning who was hiking in this.
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Love your photos and am having a good time trying to identify the creatures. Some are easier than others. Cowus domesticus doesn't require any further discussion, I suppose.
A few Flame Azaieas still in bloom I see. The rows of holes in the tree are made by Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers that drill just deeply enough to allow the sap to flow and then they come back and soak up the sap (they have a specialized tongue) or eat the insects that have collected to eat/drink the sap. Other birds use the "sap wells" too.
The lizards are female Fence Lizards. (The males are almost a uniform "gray".
The "rainbow beetle", I think is a type of Ground Beetle but I have not been able to find an illustration of one that looks like the green one (dead one) or the multi-colored live one. Did the dead one show the "rainbow" colors too? Irridescence, I suppose.
The nice black-and-white butterfly is a Zebra Swallowtail. Did you see any birds around the nest with the moss around the outside? Chickadees are known for including moss in their nests like that? Other plants are cinquefoil (yellow one) and the clover-like one is Crown Vetch, I am quite sure.
More than you asked for but I'm not getting to do the hike. Sigh.
Who's got the wizard now?
Good to see you again.
Dad
Happy birthday bro!
I'm afraid we have been a bit lax on the sending things organization, but hopefully you will be finding some modest Canadian goodies in your future. Nothing you can't reduce to zero weight, I promise.
That is indeed some epic hiking you're doing there. Getting turned around the day before you're meeting someone and doing 29 (?) miles because of it must earn you a badge of something. Should earn you something better than the Bad Wizard at any rate.
I was busy catching the flu on your birthday--please don't do any such thing, Ok? Today (the 15th) was the first day since then that I have felt like being upright, much less hiking anywhere.
I love your photos too. I am constantly reminded that I think I know SNP so well, but there's so much cool stuff in those mountains that I am completely unaware of.
Also, I'm making a list of all the Canadians I meet who have made sarcastic comments about how the Appalachians aren't real mountains so you can come through and kick their shins when you're ready. You can start with Clint.
Anyhow, take it easy some of the time; we'll buy you some cake when you're done!
Sister Celia
It's so nice to hear about the Vermont visits, Ryan. I remember visiting you in those spots. It's just cool to reconnect to those neat people and places. :)Jon
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