Adventures in nature, music, and robots

I'm a naturalist. I manage an old growth forest. I like mountains. I used to play bassI have an awesome dog and even awesomer wife and a most excellent baby. I travel the desert, mountains, coast, temperate rainforests, chapparral, monadocks, and even cities when I can. I won't let those robots defeat me (or you). I like non-profits. I LOVE chocolate. I like doing nerdy stuff like measuring trees. This is an account of my adventures in these likes (and dislikes).

06 August, 2009

Stage 2: Shenandoah's, etc...

It was a foggy, misty day in the Shenandoah's, but absolutely gorgeous.

Pond or tallus slope?

Blackrock summit

Black Cohosh

lonely American Chestnut baby

There is an amazing meadow about 1/2 way down Skyline Drive. I thought surely it was a newer meadow that the park decided to maintain as such for aesthetic reasons... turns out soil cores have determined it's been a meadow for at least 1,000 years and maybe more. So it's either natural or it was maintained by natives in the area- so cool! There are numerous endangered species here as well.