New car had to stay in the parking lot while Tasha and I went hiking. First we took the orange path, then got completely lost but somehow ended up on the white path near the Rock Bridge itself. So we went down to see it. But apparently it is closed - the boardwalk that used to go under it was missing and the path blocked off. But here is a photo where you can see under the bridge. Its not very bridge-like, really.
A stream emerges from under the bridge, from a cave that is further up the trail (which is still accessible, but there were lots of people down there so I passed on the cave - Devil's Icebox - on this trip). In the stream I saw several frogs swimming around, there is one in this photo:
And on one of the boardwalks I saw this interesting caterpiller shown in the photo below. Which reminds me of a funny story. Friday at work I had just sent one of our hourlies to go sign out a vehicle for us for the day, and turned to walk down the hallway. There was a big lizard there. Well, a skink. It was slithering/crawling/walking along the edge of the hall, trying to find an exit. So I called the hourly back to help me catch it. Then other people noticed and became interested. In the confusion it escaped into the mapping office, so we ALL went in there, including my boss's boss, and eventually the hourly was able to herd it behind some boxes and I caught it on the other side in an empty snack bag from the trash can. I took it outside and, unsure of where to put it, finally decided on my boss's windowsill. When I got back inside, I told him about it, and it was still there on the sill when I looked out. He didn't look out for about ten minutes though, and by then it was gone, and he declared that he didn't believe it ever existed. I think he was only kidding, though... Well hopefully the skink was okay, it was covered in crumbs when I let it go.
Where were we? Oh yes, the caterpillar.
After hiking for an hour the Pie was pretty hot (it was about 89 degrees out) so we went back to the car for a Pie Toy to play fetch in an isolated area of the stream. NO DOGS ALLOWED OFF LEASH, you know. Hehehehehheh.
After getting the dog soaking wet, we headed back to New Car and got in and went home, uneventfully.
You can see a short video of Tasha in the stream here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dvWT1Z4toY
2 comments:
Cool dog. Good thing you're not the kind of person to tarry on about putting a damp canine into a new automobile. Good job coating that poor lizard in chip crumbs. Love the trail map with different trails marked with colorful yarns.
wow- a skink! i don't think i've ever seen one or those before, except maybe in a zoo? By the way, I swam across the ohio river for the first time ever (with a little help from my life jacket.) I did refuse the camel no filter, though.
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