July 23, 2017

trail notes, mmxvii-vii-xxiii




it's hard to walk fast when cicadas are settin' the rhythm

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  1. We have those clouds like #1, #2 what???
    # lovely--like Botannic gardens-

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    1. No. 2 - daddy longlegs

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    2. what? nooo--how? on the ground--in a cluster??
      perplexed...

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    3. They're about six feet up under a shallow overhang on a 30-foot cliff face. This was one of the smaller groups of about a half-dozen but the others weren't really accessible. (When Mike was little we once tucked into a sun shelter on a trail hike only to discover the ceiling covered in an 8-inch thick mat of these...we did not stay long.)

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    4. didn't know they "grew" like that...

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    5. I think it's a thermoregulation thing. (I'll try to get a wider shot of the cliff face with the different groups sometime this week.) They're harmless but I wouldn't want to disturb one of these agglomerations - might lead to hyperventilation, lol.

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