[at-l] Leave a trace :-)

[bluetrail at aol.com]

I'll be out hiking the FT and picking up the party-ers cans and bottles on the return of my yo-yo hike.? This will be in a state forest 7 minutes from my house.? It's being loved to death, and is a favorite spot of the party crowd.

Hiking is helping with my Weight Watchers program?.? Trying to hike at least an hour 5 days a week; down 31.4 lbs!!!!? Ya-hoooo!

Interesting things seen in the last 2.5 mo.:? 

lots of deer;?

constellations of chiggers dug into my ankles, behind my knees,?beneath my underwear, etc.: 

pitcher plants in bloom; 

rare (in Florida) lupine in bloom; 

old homestead grapefruit trees (took home the grapefruit and made salty dogs (dip glass in?grapefruit juice, then in margarita salt.? Fill glass with freshly squeezed grapefruit juice, ice,, and a shot of gin));?

a fast-moving?gopher tortoise who couldn't seem to find his burrow even when he was circling all around it; 

lots of little seed ticks?and a few larger ticks feasting on me;

tons of armadillos;

sandhill cranes with their babies; 

zebra-longwing butterflies (8-10 of them) flying in a little cloud before settling onto a dead shrub for the night

Having a great time,
Joan
bluetrail at aol.com


-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Magnanti <pmags at yahoo.com>
To: PCT MailingList <pct-l at backcountry.net>; CDT MailingList <cdt-l at backcountry.net>; AT MailingList <at-l at backcountry.net>
Sent: Mon, 2 Jun 2008 4:18 pm
Subject: [at-l] Leave a trace :-)



(Sorry for the cross posting)

Hey all..just a reminder, it is National Trails Day this Saturday.  If you have 
the time, taking part in a trail project would be great thing
for any lover of the outdoors to do. If you do not live near a long distance 
hiking trail, I am sure there is an open space area, a city park,
local nature preserve, etc. that would love a hand. 

The American Hiking Society has a great website that list some events in various 
states:
http://www.americanhiking.org/NTD.aspx

Other places for finding an event:
http://www.rei.com/trailsday
http://snipurl.com/2c3wa

All events aren't listed, but the links  do give a good starting place. As 
mentioned, many local orgs have events that may not even be on the first lists 
(I'm doing a Colorado Trail project that is not listed, for example).

So here's a chance to enjoy a pretty area, do something rewarding and get good 
hiking karma by leaving a trace. :)




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