Last weekend, I was able to head out to Lake Monroe (Indiana’s largest lake) to help teach a Coastal Kayaking Class. We went to the easternmost part of the lake, near Crooked Creek, where few motorboats venture and where the lake, apart from a few channels, is less a lake and more a large, swampy marsh, full of eagles, herons, ducks, geese, fish, snakes and sucking mud.
It was a beautiful weekend, and getting outdoors and on the water was a welcome break from the hustle and bustle of grad school. I’ll just share a few photos…
We made pizza on the fire – it was amazing.
This last picture is of the largest caterpillar I’ve ever seen in my life (“like a pickle,” as one person put it — just much, much hairier. And probably less tasty). I looked it up when I got home — turns out it’s an imperial moth: not overly rare (but large, with about a 5′6″ wingspan), but rare to see as a caterpillar.Lake
I really haven’t blogged much in a while, but I have some stuff I want to write about, so I’m happy to have the forum. And, of course, I’ll still put up some photography — I just got the zoom feature javascript working here so you can click on the image below to expand it.
This shot is from my recent backpacking trip to the Appalachian Trail on the Tennessee/North Carolina border. We were in a ton of fog, which spoiled some of the views but made for other beautiful scenery.
I don’t have much time to compose a post this morning, but I thought I’d post a couple pictures from the vacation so far. It’s amazingly beautiful here. The weather has been great, the travel easy, and we’ve seen an incredible amount of things in just a few days. We were in Yosemite National Park the last couple days and today are back in San Francisco. We’re going to do some things here today (Golden Gate Bridge, etc.). Should be a fun day!
The Mariposa Grove in Yosemite National Forest:
The view from our backcountry campsite in Yosemite:
On a random dome in northern Yosemite:
Just a few photos of the sunset tonight, which was absolutely spectacular.
