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...once again, not eaten by bears. Yes, the sign on the picnic table at our campsite has to inform people that coolers are NOT bear-proof containers. I got so paranoid that I put my flannel shirt in the car when I got a little marshmallow on it, but no sign of a bear while we were there. Ravens were very interested in cleaning out anything people left, and were quite active all around the campground - though they are heard and not seen very much. For such big birds, who like to call all the time, they can stealth through the trees remarkably well. I swear they're ventriloquists. I was going, "there? no, over there? where is it?" flipping my head around. EB commented that she might not want to know what the raven was saying, and Eor replied for it "Those stupid monkeys can't find me!" Immediately the raven changed it's call to something that sounded a lot like "Ha ha HAA!"
We stayed at Roaring Brook Campground this year, and hiked the Chimney Pond Trail up the skirts of Katahdin, but turned back at the pond because, though sunny at the pond, the summit looked socked in with fast moving clouds. The ranger at the pond said she thought the winds up there could be 50mph.
EB and I saw a bull moose at Sandy Stream Pond! :) And lots of chewed through trees. Beavers are not real aware of whether they're going to be able to actually bring down a tree, so a lot of them were hung up. Also walked the Nature Trail, which seems unfrequented. Quite mossy and lovely, though taking the road less traveled also means it is less maintained - we went up one branch, found impassable water (as in, did not want our feet wet) and up the other trail we got close enough to see the sundews (carniverous plants) in the water meadow, but couldn't get to the first wooden walkway out into the meadow because the water was too high. Lovely walk, though.
We asked the ranger at our campground about that high water and the fact that a lot of the birch trees seemed to be having a hard time. He wasn't sure about the latter, but thought that the beaver activity might have something to do with the former. And if the beavers have changed the water level in the area, that could be trouble for the birches; they seem a very sensitive tree.
We stayed at Roaring Brook Campground this year, and hiked the Chimney Pond Trail up the skirts of Katahdin, but turned back at the pond because, though sunny at the pond, the summit looked socked in with fast moving clouds. The ranger at the pond said she thought the winds up there could be 50mph.
EB and I saw a bull moose at Sandy Stream Pond! :) And lots of chewed through trees. Beavers are not real aware of whether they're going to be able to actually bring down a tree, so a lot of them were hung up. Also walked the Nature Trail, which seems unfrequented. Quite mossy and lovely, though taking the road less traveled also means it is less maintained - we went up one branch, found impassable water (as in, did not want our feet wet) and up the other trail we got close enough to see the sundews (carniverous plants) in the water meadow, but couldn't get to the first wooden walkway out into the meadow because the water was too high. Lovely walk, though.
We asked the ranger at our campground about that high water and the fact that a lot of the birch trees seemed to be having a hard time. He wasn't sure about the latter, but thought that the beaver activity might have something to do with the former. And if the beavers have changed the water level in the area, that could be trouble for the birches; they seem a very sensitive tree.
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