{"id":1496,"date":"2022-05-25T18:49:39","date_gmt":"2022-05-25T23:49:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wildcorvid.org\/blog\/?p=1496"},"modified":"2022-05-25T19:54:04","modified_gmt":"2022-05-26T00:54:04","slug":"croft-again-going-towards-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wildcorvid.org\/blog\/croft-again-going-towards-summer\/","title":{"rendered":"Croft again, going towards summer"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today I got back to one of my favorite places to take a walk in the woods: Croft State Park<\/a>, where there are literally dozens of kilometers of trails, although some areas are temporarily closed right now for “ordnance removal”. This area used to to be a military training base back during World War II and they’re working to clear up any remaining Dangerous Stuff from that time.<\/p>\n

Now this<\/i> is my kind of trail:
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\nThat was along the Beech Tree trail, which apparently doesn’t get a lot of traffic. Correction, a lot of human<\/i> traffic:
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\nThis area was torn up by a tornado back in 2019, but seems to be recovering nicely. Compare with what I saw back then<\/a>.
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\nOne thing about nature, everything<\/i> gets recycled. It’s definitely “one life form’s trash is another’s treasure” (yes, these trails are used by horses).
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\nThe Beech Tree trail has a couple of creek crossings, which I thought might be a challenge after the previous night’s rains, but not a big deal with a little “rock collecting”:
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\nThis one took a bit of a “leap of faith”, as it wasn’t possible to gauge ahead of time how solid that bit of tree was. Worked out fine though.
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\nThe natural world is always changing. I’m sure there was something there for this vine to wrap around at one time:
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All in all it was a perfect day. The prior night’s rain rinsed everything off (although it did leave some trail areas muddy), and the east wind kept a pretty solid overcast in place to keep temperatures in the 60F’s. Not the kind of day you might expect around here with it being almost summer, but I’ll take it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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