MY LAST POSTING WAS IN MAY JUST BEFORE THE SUMMER RUSH TO THE RIVER. AS SOON AS SCHOOL WAS OVER, CROWDS OF PEOPLE VISITED THE SHORT STRETCH BETWEEN SIX MILE HILL AND BOY SCOUT RANCH TO TRANSFORM WHITE LEGS AND TEST THE TEMPERATURE OF THE CLEAR WATER.
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| NON FEE CAMP SITE ON THE RIVER |
AND STILL THE TWO CABINS KEPT AN AURA OF PRIVACY AND PEACE. OUR USUAL HERD OF DEER CROSSED THE RIVER BELOW THE RIVER CABIN AND GRAZED IN THE FIELD NEXT TO THE MEADOW CABIN. MY BLACK LAB BROUGHT ME A TURTLE WHO WAS ENJOYING THE SHADE OF A ROCK NEAR THE RIVER CABIN.
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| WESTERN POND TURTLE |
THEN SEPTEMBER DECLARED TIME OUT! AND ALL WAS QUIET ON THE CORRIDOR--EXCEPT FOR AN OCCASIONAL HUNTER IN CAMOS AND BRIGHT ORANGE CAP. WISH I HAD A PHOTO. BUT NOTHING COULD BE LOUDER THAN THE MAPLES AND OAKS BLASTING GOLD ALONG THE ROAD WITH AN OCCASIONAL DOGWOOD IN CONTRASTING MUTED PINK.
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| BELOW ECHO BEACH |
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| PRECARIOUS INSTALLATION OF BAT HOUSE |
A VERY CREATIVE VISITOR TO THE CABINS BUILT AND PUT UP TWO BAT HOUSES THIS FALL, ONE AT THE HOUSE AND ONE AT THE RIVER CABIN.
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| KNAPKE CREEK FIRST WEEK DECEMBER |
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| KNAPKE CREEK - WATER UNDER THE BRIDGE |
TIS DECEMBER AS I POST THIS. I WISH YOU ALL JOYOUS HOLIDAYS AND HEARTS FILLED WITH GRATITUDE FOR THIS INCREDIBLY BEAUTIFUL EARTH WE INHABIT.
