Oct 06 2008
Green Pond Tom
This weekend the Bowl took a roll along the Van Fleet Trail. It is one of the more rural Rails To Trails in the state, and the wildlife viewing is pretty good. We started in Polk City and rode north to the Green Pond Trailhead, a distance of ten miles. Waiting for us there was Green Pond Tom.
Judging from the multitude of dishes around, it looks like GPT has a few fans.
So after the break, we headed back south. It was going to be a twenty mile day. More than enough to tire me out. But as soon as we started to get a little tired, a doe stepped into the road.
I took the camera down from my eye and a fawn bounded across the road from right to left, and mom disappeared after it.
At the midway point back, we stopped for a quick break, and noticed that the shelter at the five mile point was, in fact, Spider House.
These spiders are two to three inches across.
We left the spiders to their business, and start pushing pedals south. But not for long. Who can ride by a pair of Sandhill Cranes and not take some pictures?
It was a wonderful day on the trail. We got some exercise, made friends with a feline, said yuck to the spiders, stared at the Sandhills and marveled at the doe and fawn.
[...] and I loaded up the bikes and hit the Van Fleet Trail. We started at Green Pond, and sure enough, Green Pond Tom was there. He was cosy’d up with some other riders, soaking up the attention and the [...]