Tired of movie-watching and anxious for spring, yesterday I took my ladyfriend out into the woods.
The trees were bare and the sky a dramatic leaden color. The air was still chill enough that I could see my breath but not cold enough to bite. The snow was still on the ground, half-melted, turning the ground muddy beneath, and the waterways were clear of ice--a veritable marketplace of mallards, swans, and Canadian geese. We spotted a pair of cardinals, innumerable sparrows, various squirrels, and a heron; we tracked a rabbit, someone's leashed dog, and a small catlike creature; we got slightly lost and had to backtrack because the trail was not clearly blazed; we stood on a log bridge and kicked snow into the lake. It was absolutely, coldly, wildly beautiful.
Has anyone else gotten out there recently?
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- Chris Russo
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Well, I tromped around in the woods a couple of weeks ago, but it wasn't a ranger-related treck. I and a forester from work were mapping out a section so our company could put in an irrigation pond and a truck turn-around for the log trucks. Made me REAL anxious to get out there SOON!!!
P.S. I'm trying to get the forester interested in Ranger stuff. Wish me luck!
P.S. I'm trying to get the forester interested in Ranger stuff. Wish me luck!