Walk About/Shiggles/'rona VERY pic heavy
susie
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Pull up a chair, I have a tale to tell.
#4 was rear-ended last week and the car was totaled. I drove south to Little Rock, Arkansas on Tuesday (170 miles). Wednesday morning I picked him up at the car rental agency where he turned in the rental he had been driving. We drove from there, northwest, to Rogers, Arkansas (210 miles) where one of my sons-in-law is a finance manager of a major dealership.
#4 and I test drove multiple vehicles and he settled on a 2019 Malibu for $15k, still under manufacturer warranty. Had a clean carfax. Still looked new.
Finished the deal and I drove home, 320 miles northeast, mostly east. Got home last night about 10:30pm.
Was sitting at the computer today when I received a text from Son-in-law this morning. Salesman with whom we dealt has tested positive for the 'rona. We wore our worthless masks, sanitized hands repeatedly, were outside most of the time and had plexiglass between us while inside. So, now in the interest of precaution I will self quarantine for the next few days to see if any symptoms arise.
As much traveling as I've done in the past eight months I have probably been exposed multiple times. I just never knew about the exposure.
Today's weather was great for January, so I fired up the 4-wheeler and hauled a load of corn and a mineral block to the woods. Gotta keep the critters healthy.
Shiggles and Chief followed me into the woods so I decided to do some scouting and shed hunting. No sheds were found, but it was a great day for a walkabout. I explored about 30 wooded acres.
Shiggles had a blast sniffing and walking downed trees.
Double rub. They are about 8 feet apart.
Small wet weather stream that flows through the farm.
Possible den tree.
Found a bone but I couldn't identify what it might have been in a previous life. Its about 8 inches long.
I think some mosses look like a tiny forest.
Small deer appears to have been the victim of a stalking.
Another rub. This tree is 6 or 7 inches across. There were rubs everywhere.
Game trail. Can you see it? I enjoyed finding and walking the trails hoping to find a shed. I walked the fence line because deer will drop antlers when they jump fences. No luck.
Wild fern.
Dry stream bed.
A different variety of moss.
Hope you enjoyed the hike. I did.
Comments
sorry to hear about your car glad your Ok
I am a bit jealous it sure looks like a great day out to be enjoying the walk and what a great area you have there to enjoy
nice photos also .
my wife 10 days ago was with in a couple feet of fellow who came to work said his wife had the virus so they ( company )had him tested came back . positive she has to go back in tomorrow .
the fellow who came in sick what a * so they sent my wife home and several others who had close contact ( with in six feet of him ) for 10 days just in case . she was not aa happy camper but at least had a 10 day extended vacation LOL
and lucky she never picked up the bug from him
Nice pics, thanks for sharing. What type of tree is the evergreen, the one in the second rub picture?
A walk in the woods is always the highlight of my day.
And when I see something new or interesting, or get a good picture, well, it's all the better.
Thanks for that little walk.
@Ditch-Runner thanks for the good thoughts, bu I wasn't in the car when #4 had his accident. We live in different states. Lol.
@Horse Plains Drifter its a cedar tree. I'm not sure of the specific kind. They grow everywhere on the farm. They are very aromatic and sappy.
A walk in the woods in Winter will reveal things not seen the rest of the year.
Great pictures
Thanks for the picture playback, your place looks a lot like mine.
Great photos.
Glad to hear #4 is ok. Enjoyed the walk very much. Your place reminds me of my haunts as a kid, the Des Moines river
bottoms. Would walk for miles down there. Harvested about 90% wood ducks at the time. Great eating.
Nice photos, hopefully you will stay healthy.
My woods used to look like that before we had 62 trees harvested. Now it looks like several tornadoes ravaged it. I kind of wish we had left it alone. But we had to harvest some trees to keep our CAUV discount.
Your woods look nice.
Joe
OK :
Great Pics !
Nothing like a Beagle !!!
and or a walk with a Beagle : Lucky You !
miss my beagles ( may Labs are great , just not beagles ! ) !
Thanks !!!
I Grew Old Too Fast (And Smart Too damn Slow !!!) !!!
ain't there no hills down there?????? that is some danged flat woodlands...........
The bone you found is very similar to a human sacrum bone, the bone that the spine rests on. There is a flat area on the top where the spine rests and the holes where the nerves come out. Notice I said similar, not the same. Since deer and humans are kind of the same size I would guess a deer bone.
I got to thinking about it. It may be a remnant from when we had cattle on the farm. Almost too big for a deer.
What happens to all of the leaves in a hardwood forest like that? Do they just rot away every year? Burn?
Seems like that's a whole lot of organic material to rot away in a years time.
Been around evergreens my whole life and never really thought about this until seeing your pictures!
@NeoBlackdog the leaves slowly deteriorate and become a black loamy soil. Not much grows under them except briars. We took the mature timber off around 20 years ago. Still have sawdust and slab piles in a few places.
@hillbille there are hills here. They're just covered with trees.
Seems a shame to make such nice soil only to have it get covered up by leaves and grow briars! LOL!