....messed some more today with the 'T2' (see previous post)....
... 'Yough River' runnin' 4ft+ again on the 'O-hip-O-Lee' ('Ohiopyle') gauge today....
... used to pray for days like this "back in the day" (especially in the summer, when you're not frozen by the time you reach the take out) - hope they're rockin' the 'Lower Yough' up there (solid Class 4 above 4ft - don't let no one tell ya' different) with all this high water of late... that's 'Mojo Rapid' out at South C'ville pictured above... however - water level not good for runnin' laps on the 'Paddleboard' ...
... so - did some alternate 'four-wheelin' and 'picture takin'....
... upper 'Laurel Run'...
... an "old guy".... 'lookin and movin' good, though, for probably fifteen years age ('Belgian Sheperd Malinois' - 78lbs last weighing)...
... woodland "canopy"...
... about five years ago - someone had killed a house cat (nice black and white) and dumped it off to the side of this "pull off" - as mentioned before - wasn't a "cat person" back then - but after two weeks of parkin' here and havin' to view this poor murdered "creach'ter" (nuthin' was feeding on the "carcass" - guess "cat meat" isn't high on the menu out in the "wild") - I could take it no longer - the third visit I carried a shovel and buried it - added this small "headstone" - some nice moss growing on it...
... lots of green this time of year...
... a sea of 'stinging nettles'...
... Ha! - we were ridin' MTB's one day and 'buddy Matt' wiped out and rolled thru a bed of these shirtless and with shorts on - luckily we were right next to a creek and a deep water hole - also lucky no one was standin' in his way as he charged thru the forest to reach the creek - Ha! ...
... lower 'Laurel Run'...
... and this small waterfall...
... some nice contrasting color between the moss and the centipede...
... never see any of these - 'American Chestnut' - these two are "farmed" - have never seen one "in the wild" - used to be abundant in these parts but were wiped out by a "blight" in the early 20th Century - took out 99% of them...
... these two were loaded with 'Chestnuts'...
... will probably be droppin' within the next week or two - they eventually fall to the ground and open when "ripe"...
... read that they were really abundant around here - when they'd bloom in early spring the white blossoms appeared as snow cover across the ridge-tops - that must have been a sight to see...
... this guys' extinct as well...
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