Some Miscellanea

Here are a few recent photos of tress branch's and brilliant red dead tree stump. And some other miscellanea.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

More Winter Themed Photo's

This past Saturday was a beautiful winter day. Clear blue sky, nice layer of snow, and temperatures starting around 36 in the morning rising into the 40's later in the day.

It was a great day for a walk. It almost turned into a bad day.

I drove out to Tippecanoe Battlefield Park. This is one of my favorite locations to get right into nature. This is the begining of the north end of the Wabash Heritage Trail. Most of the other tails I use you have to hike for at least 10-20 minutes before you are fully immersed in nature.

From the parking lot you walk down some stairs which lead right to Burnett's Creek. The trail closely follows the creek all the way to the Wabash river. Its a very attractive hike all year round. Its a two and a half hour hike from the park to Davis Ferry Bridge anf back.

At the bottom of the stairs is a spot I usully go to check on the condition of the creek. I evaluate the hight of the creek waters and look for fog. Today the water was high but not too high to walk across some rocks to get in the center of the creek. This is the same spot I took the photo's in "A Foggy Morning" photo's.

I should have known better than to try to walk across some wet icy rocks without a walking stick or something. I don't have the greatest balance as it is. Yes, I fell back side first into the cold creek. I sat there for a few seconds thinking "O my god this is cold!". I was wearing some heavy wool gloves which were quickly soaked with cold and muddy water. And the cold water got inside my boots and soaked my socks.

I got up and throw my gloves on some rocks near by and think "well I am out here so I might was well take a few photo's before going back". I was thinking the hike was over for the day. The first three photo's were taken from that spot. Not great, but nice winter scence pictures.

After taking these photo's I evaluated my situation. I was cold but not freezing. There was very little wind and I knew the temperature was going to get warmer. I decided to walk back to my van to drop off my gloves. They were not going to dry in time to be useful. I decided the short walk back would give me time to decide if I needed to abort the rest of the hike. And one other good thing. Despite the fact the parking lot had a lot of cars in it. No one saw me fall in the creek. No loss of dignity.

I decided it was too nice of a day to give up. My pants were mostly dry by the time the hike was over. But my feet were wet the whole time. I was able to keep my hands warn by keeping them in my coat pocket most of the time.

 

 

 

 

This is the bridge that cross's the creek

 

 

I like the curving river banks that lead the eye

 

The deep blue sky and the dark tree contrasting with the snow white ground.

 

 

 

Winter themed photo's

Here is a few winter themed photo's I took a few weeks ago.