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Walking in the swamp
swamp_thing
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Grandkids wanted to look for bugs for a project so off to the area around the river. Never saw any gators or snakes, but Im sure they were around.
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Find the bugs, or did they find y'all?
I will say your user name is spot on 😁
how the bug hunt go and not getting bit is a bonus
as for me thinking about the swamp, I cant help but remember.
and I had to look for a photo approved for all ages ..
by the way were you in any movies 😁
austin20, to paraphrase Chickenman "they're everywhere, they're everywhere". Not many members will remember that radio show from 20+ years ago.
I loved that show!
As for a walk in the swamp... Not for this ol' boy. I'll take mountains full of cougars and grizzy bears over that!
Yes, the kids did find their bugs and amazingly the bugs weren't too bad. I do hate walking into them big old webs out there. I managed to do that once this time and it was a brown widow web. You can identify them by the egg sacs.
There are better places to take a hike though. Also, if your fishing it pays to keep an eye out in the water. After a bit it's not uncommon to see nostrils and eyes in a semi circle out in front of you. It's all good though. Keeps things from becoming boring🙂
Yeah, like NeoBlackDog, I don't think the swamp is for me
I've spent some time in the swamps and the only two things that really concern me are mosquitos and ticks everything else will pretty much run away from you if you don't surprise it. I know that some will NEVER be convinced of this but swamps are truly beautiful places with breathtaking flora and fauna, a lot of which, can't be seen anywhere else.
There are things there that will definitely kill you if you fail to pay attention to your surroundings but that's no different than the mountains for you guys out in God's country, just as many things there that will kill you .......... just different "things".
Swamps, mountains, deserts, the plains, oceans, lakes and rivers , all beautiful, all have things that you don't want to come face to face with.
Very cool picture. Where are you from??? Oakie
The swamps aren't for everybody, I agree. I truly do like being there from time to time. The vegatation and Cyprus trees are awesome. You can always find new things to see and it never snows here. I'm actually a Nebraska native that transplanted myself to Georgia many years ago. Will be here until I leave this earth.
Yeah, like mid-1960's! 20+ is the new 60+
I live in the desert, I think maybe you already left this earth. My condolences to your family.😆
Swamps, deserts, forests, mountains, plains, fresh water, salt water, north, south, east and west. Every bit of this great country is great!!!
Many of the people residing here makes for a different story!
I watched a guy walk across a swamp(actually a shallow beaver pond) many years back. I told him it was a bad idea but he'd arrowed a buck that made it about 1/2 across the muck and water before caving in. This was October and pretty frosty but the guy was confident the water was 'only thigh deep'. At least he was until he stepped into a beaver run that was 3' deeper. He went under and I began hauling in his safety line which he said didn't help him get his feet under him much.😂