The fall rains have started, so I took the highway west, looking for mushrooms, in the spots
where I found them last fall. It's too soon; I found only one group, near Strathcona Dam.
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| Unidentified mushrooms, with slug nibbles. |
The search was not without its risks:
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| Hungry predator overhead. (About 10 feet up. I couldn't see her web at all.) |
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| Cross spider, Araneus diadematus, on the shore of Upper Campbell Lake. |
I wonder: how is it that I walk down a trail unmolested, return immediately, and run face-first into a spider web across that same trail?
It was almost sunset by the time I'd found the mushrooms, so I went on ahead to the dam to watch the light fade.
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| Glow beyond the hills. Facing southeast, from the top of the dam. |
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| Weeds on the rocks. Elk River Road bridge straight ahead. |
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| Looking northwest. 7:22 PM. |
So: few mushrooms, so I'll have an excuse to go that way again next month. A narrow escape from spider fangs. And a peaceful half hour on the dam; this trip had everything!
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| The arrow points to the dam. |
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Skywatch post.
We never made it that far two summers ago with our kayak. Our car died in the lodge parking lot and we got a tow back to town. We want to come back next summer with our quads to explore. I understand there are some places you can camp and ride. - Margy
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ReplyDeleteI was lucky to be on the Sunshine Coast once years ago and it still haunts me in a good way.
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