BUT, the weather got the best of me, there was a thunderstorm overhead. I didn't get out to the point because it started to rain and thunder was rumbling and the area is really open with nothing. Still, I racked up a whole - 8 miles. But I actually logged some new miles on a road that I had not tried before. It's always nice to get out, no matter what.
Up on top, looking east.
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Love the rain like this.
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I found some carpenter ants hollowing out a gi-normous log - note they each have a little piece of wood and are tossing it out. (I estimated it was 400-500 years old by doing some counting. Kinda sad to realize some idiots caused a fire that took this tree out.)
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Back in the forest, I stopped....
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...to see these:
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