Zoo's Time Capsule
#22
Posted 04 March 2005 - 08:33 AM
I think there something else people might want to remember
^^Rofl, Nice story Zoo Hehehe, Very funny!
QUOTE(zoo newt @ Feb 21 2005, 06:47 AM)
Well, I made it back in one piece (I didn't get eaten, frozen, gored or drowned). I scraped my knuckle on a log and burnt the tip of my finger, but that's nothing compared to stuff I do to myself at work and in class .
I didn't see any moose or kangaroo, or mice. I brought back some tiny crabs for those who might like to grate something.
It was quite cold at times for sleeping (6.5 C on Saturday at 8am, 10C this morning at 7; I think in F the first is 43, and that's after the sun started up) but my site was sheltered by lots of trees. Unfortunately, my site was sheltered by lots of trees. Taking my telescope was pointless. (And I realized, matt, the digital doesn't take a shutter cable, so attempts at pictures would have been pointless too).
Had my really old Canon with me and I got 4 pictures before the battery completely died, so for those you'll have to wait until I buy a new battery, finish the roll, have them developed, fix my scanner and scan them in. I got a chance to use a digital, which was nice (but I miss my own camera ). You can only take so many pictures of a coastal hammock, so I don't have all that many pictures.
Here is what Big Talbot Island looks like from Amelia Island:
Amelia Island looks much the same, but Big Talbot is much more interesting. I wandered along the paths through the woods until I reached a cliff and I'm like . Not too many cliffs in Florida. It used to be the beach, but the beach eroded and left a cliff about 12 or 15 feet above the current beach.
I finally found the beach access and wandered along looking at the driftwood and shells. I found a piece of blue painted china (You can see it in one of the pictures below). I was looking for shark teeth but didn't find any. Probably would've had better luck in that regard on the ocean side.
Eventually I came upon a tidal stream and, being low tide, I crossed it. I wanted a good close look at the marine algae I had seen from the other side. I was surprised at how much clay was in the soil next to the stream (little more than gray clay with sand sprinkled on it). I followed the stream along until I got to some really saturated sand. I stepped on it and stopped. It wiggled, a lot. I had squished the water out by stepping on it and it puddled on top of the sand. Even after that it was still wiggly.
Eventually I found myself in the salt marsh, which was actually rather dry at the time (remember, low tide). I decided to take a look at some plants I kept thinking were scrub rosemary (but couldn't be as rosemary is a scrub rather than a coastal plant). I determined they weren't (huge surprise), but before I got close enough to I saw a little crab scurry to hide among some stalks. At first I thought it was a wierd bug, but then I saw it had claws and was walking sideways. That one was actually about twice as big as the dozens of others I saw, which were about the size of ladybugs.
It was starting to get kinda late then so I began back. Then I saw bobcat tracks. Big surprise, my plaster was about 5 miles away at the time. I did manage to coax the Canon to take one more picture, so I did get a picture of the tracks. I followed the tracks backward into some vegetation. Then I decided I really better head back, the tide was starting to come back in.
And look what I caught sock kitty doing!
I saw him sitting staring at a log. Apparently he was trying to light it by staring at it. I handed him the matches but he just kept staring:
I had to step in:
Here he is trying to decide what to make for breakfast. He started out a little ambitious browsing the eagles and ospreys:
He soon realizes what a task cooking an eagle will be and peruses the selection of titmice and sparrows.
Then he realizes he can't cook food, so he settled for cooking some water:
I helped him out a little and we made the hot water into hot chocolate:
Next up was washing the dishes:
Being a cat, and having done all that work, Sock Kitty decided to enjoy a bit of morning sun:
Later we sat around in the tent a while (hey bigbro! here's a picture of me!):
At night it gets pretty dark, so here Sock Kitty has turned on the lamp:
And lastly, we discovered that things called stars really do exist!
I didn't see any moose or kangaroo, or mice. I brought back some tiny crabs for those who might like to grate something.
It was quite cold at times for sleeping (6.5 C on Saturday at 8am, 10C this morning at 7; I think in F the first is 43, and that's after the sun started up) but my site was sheltered by lots of trees. Unfortunately, my site was sheltered by lots of trees. Taking my telescope was pointless. (And I realized, matt, the digital doesn't take a shutter cable, so attempts at pictures would have been pointless too).
Had my really old Canon with me and I got 4 pictures before the battery completely died, so for those you'll have to wait until I buy a new battery, finish the roll, have them developed, fix my scanner and scan them in. I got a chance to use a digital, which was nice (but I miss my own camera ). You can only take so many pictures of a coastal hammock, so I don't have all that many pictures.
Here is what Big Talbot Island looks like from Amelia Island:
Amelia Island looks much the same, but Big Talbot is much more interesting. I wandered along the paths through the woods until I reached a cliff and I'm like . Not too many cliffs in Florida. It used to be the beach, but the beach eroded and left a cliff about 12 or 15 feet above the current beach.
I finally found the beach access and wandered along looking at the driftwood and shells. I found a piece of blue painted china (You can see it in one of the pictures below). I was looking for shark teeth but didn't find any. Probably would've had better luck in that regard on the ocean side.
Eventually I came upon a tidal stream and, being low tide, I crossed it. I wanted a good close look at the marine algae I had seen from the other side. I was surprised at how much clay was in the soil next to the stream (little more than gray clay with sand sprinkled on it). I followed the stream along until I got to some really saturated sand. I stepped on it and stopped. It wiggled, a lot. I had squished the water out by stepping on it and it puddled on top of the sand. Even after that it was still wiggly.
Eventually I found myself in the salt marsh, which was actually rather dry at the time (remember, low tide). I decided to take a look at some plants I kept thinking were scrub rosemary (but couldn't be as rosemary is a scrub rather than a coastal plant). I determined they weren't (huge surprise), but before I got close enough to I saw a little crab scurry to hide among some stalks. At first I thought it was a wierd bug, but then I saw it had claws and was walking sideways. That one was actually about twice as big as the dozens of others I saw, which were about the size of ladybugs.
It was starting to get kinda late then so I began back. Then I saw bobcat tracks. Big surprise, my plaster was about 5 miles away at the time. I did manage to coax the Canon to take one more picture, so I did get a picture of the tracks. I followed the tracks backward into some vegetation. Then I decided I really better head back, the tide was starting to come back in.
And look what I caught sock kitty doing!
I saw him sitting staring at a log. Apparently he was trying to light it by staring at it. I handed him the matches but he just kept staring:
I had to step in:
Here he is trying to decide what to make for breakfast. He started out a little ambitious browsing the eagles and ospreys:
He soon realizes what a task cooking an eagle will be and peruses the selection of titmice and sparrows.
Then he realizes he can't cook food, so he settled for cooking some water:
I helped him out a little and we made the hot water into hot chocolate:
Next up was washing the dishes:
Being a cat, and having done all that work, Sock Kitty decided to enjoy a bit of morning sun:
Later we sat around in the tent a while (hey bigbro! here's a picture of me!):
At night it gets pretty dark, so here Sock Kitty has turned on the lamp:
And lastly, we discovered that things called stars really do exist!
^^Rofl, Nice story Zoo Hehehe, Very funny!
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#24
Posted 07 March 2005 - 12:03 AM
Of course I'd find something to stick in at the last minute, more sig stuff:
Zoo - "We have enough youth. How about a fountain of smart?" says:
just can't corrupt the pizza, eh?
Bmatt- Forever Moving Books Slightly To The Left says:
no
Zoo - "We have enough youth. How about a fountain of smart?" says:
only choice would be to microwave it
Bmatt- Forever Moving Books Slightly To The Left says:
that is too evil, even for such a game
Bmatt- Forever Moving Books Slightly To The Left says:
microwaves should be fitted with an anti-pizza device
Zoo - "We have enough youth. How about a fountain of smart?" says:
yeah, it senses you have pizza in mind and shocks you when you go to open it. If you keep trying it shocks worse, and if you manage to get the pizza in even after that, it shoots it out and into the oven.
Bmatt- Forever Moving Books Slightly To The Left says:
brilliant idea!
Bmatt- Forever Moving Books Slightly To The Left says:
'Lspecially if Oit was Gleathal the Gsecond time Eyou tried Dto put one in.
Zoo - "We have enough youth. How about a fountain of smart?" says:
think you can sneak it on me. 'sides, I was already considering sigging it myself
Zoo - "We have enough youth. How about a fountain of smart?" says:
just can't corrupt the pizza, eh?
Bmatt- Forever Moving Books Slightly To The Left says:
no
Zoo - "We have enough youth. How about a fountain of smart?" says:
only choice would be to microwave it
Bmatt- Forever Moving Books Slightly To The Left says:
that is too evil, even for such a game
Bmatt- Forever Moving Books Slightly To The Left says:
microwaves should be fitted with an anti-pizza device
Zoo - "We have enough youth. How about a fountain of smart?" says:
yeah, it senses you have pizza in mind and shocks you when you go to open it. If you keep trying it shocks worse, and if you manage to get the pizza in even after that, it shoots it out and into the oven.
Bmatt- Forever Moving Books Slightly To The Left says:
brilliant idea!
Bmatt- Forever Moving Books Slightly To The Left says:
'Lspecially if Oit was Gleathal the Gsecond time Eyou tried Dto put one in.
Zoo - "We have enough youth. How about a fountain of smart?" says:
think you can sneak it on me. 'sides, I was already considering sigging it myself