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We started off the day today with an enthralling conversation about what to do when/if someone dies in the woods (prompted by Dave's notice of Joel's note in his emergency info to just 'dig a hole and chuck him in'). One wise soul shared that the correct procedure is to hang them from a tree (so the wild critters don't feast on your departed friend). We then discussed what we thought would be some good ways to accomplish this, using duct tape, triangular bandages, and pantyhose. We decided that some practice would be in order, so if you'd like to volunteer, we'd like to talk. Off to the creek we went, where we discovered that the trail reminds Lana very much of winter hiking on the west coast because of the lushness, the smells, the fabulous green stuff growing everywhere... we could see her aura visibly fluffing as she revelled in the experience. I do believe it was glowing cyan by the time we emerged from the woods. The day started off cloudy, and we all said a silent 'thanks' to Kryptonite (Ray, dubbed Kryptonite for his uncanny ability to jam the Weather Witch's powers) for backing out of the trip at the last minute, otherwise we would have surely been rained on. The six of us who went, as well as numerous Caddis Fly Larvae had a lovely day, but I am getting ahead of myself. So, imagine Rhonda S's glee at discovering that Alison is a BUG EXPERT. Well... whether the rest of the folks enjoyed it or not, Rhonda was enthralled with Alison's tutorials about the Caddis Fly Larvae, of which we managed to torment many on our travels today. At one bridge, Alison jumped down to the creek and pulled a couple of rocks out of the water, turning them over and showing us some small Caddis Fly Larvae which build themselves a shell out of silk (among other things), and which look like small pine needles. Not too much excitement there. However, up at Lilian Lake, we saw many 'moving sticks' in the water which Alison informed us were of a couple of other, larger, variety of Caddis Fly Larvae. She grabbed one out of the water, and she was passed around and inspected, and christened 'Lilian'. The bug itself is like a caterpillar, or inchworm (with six legs in the front and two pseudo-legs in the back), but you can't normally see that because of its stick-like casing. For everyone's benefit (ok, for Rhonda's benefit), Alison 'peeled' another bug out of its shell and we all got a look at what they're like on the inside. Tragedy was narrowly averted when we accidentally dropped the bug into the mud instead of back in the water where she belonged, but after frantic searching, we located her and returned her to her lake home. The total trip took us about 5 hours. The 'Slow Group' (aka Dave) was jet-lagged and not nearly as talkative as usual. Rhonda S, Lana and John took turns at the front of the pack (that has to be a first). -- Rhonda |
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Rhonda enamored with a Caddis Fly larva
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Lana the tree hugger
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