damselfly

damsel
Originally uploaded by fishertrack.

This is one of a few irridescent damselflys around Limestone Spring

monolith

rock
Originally uploaded by fishertrack.

Was it used in ancient times for religious or scientific purposes? Did aliens put it there? It's big and made of stone...
(for scale note the internal frame pack in the bottom left corner)

toad2

toad2
Originally uploaded by fishertrack.

This was one of many toads that seem to enjoy hiking the AT. So far it's the only one that's been subjected to my camera

flwr

flwr
Originally uploaded by fishertrack.

this is just a flower near Rand's View on the Conn. AT

life till now

It's been a while since I've made a post, so here goes:

I spent a week in the Bahamas helping a proffessor do research on the Allen's Keys Rock Iguanas, and endagered species that occurs nowhere else in the world. That was quite an experience, and I got very torn up in the process. We also got to see the tourist district in Nassau, and we checked out Atlantis, which had a very cool underground aquarium that's free at night (10 foot Manta Ray was my favorite) as well as a casino where many people wasted much money. The bulk of the trip was spend scrambling over rocks, getting bitten and scratched, and giving small talks to tourists.

After that, I went and started work as a ridgerunner for the AMC Berkshire trails office, and am currently about to back onto the AT for another four day stint. Some of the job is a pain, what with breaking up fire rings and cleaning up litter, but overall it's a good one, and it's getting me in shape a lot quicker than was happenning at college. It's fun hanging out with thru-hikers, and I've seen some wildlife and a lot of sign of wildlife. There's a large Helgramite population that emerges from the river and moves up to Stewart Hollow shelter every night, creeping out many hikers, and I found a rock that is serving as a restroom for a bobcat near the Pine Swamp/Pine Knob area. There's also a multitude of sizeable millipedes and many birds of varying descriptions. Several Thru-hikers have also seen bears and rattlesnakes in this area. I'm carrying my camera, so hopefully I'll have some good pictures to post soon.

A general note to all day hikers out there. KNOW HOW FAR YOUR GOING, and MAKE SURE YOU HAVE ENOUGH WATER. We've already had a case of heat exhaustion this week.

Anyway, I hope to have some pictures to put up here soon, of the AT as well as the Bahamas.

back to the woods now