During the last two trips into Logan county, coworkers have been seeing a white doe about a mile down the road from the job. I have never seen a white deer and have been dying to see this one. I want to get a picture of it in the worst kind of way. A friend [...]
I’m finally home for 3 days after a 13 day road trip. When I first sat down at my CP I could think of a multitude of topics to blog about and couldn’t really zero in on any one in particular so I may ramble from one to the other.
For those that know about [...]
I went for another hike in Breckenridge today armed with a camera I didn’t trust to take a good photo. Wouldn’t you know that this would be the day animals were out in abundance. I made a big circle going to the top of one hollow and crossing over two then coming back to where [...]
For the last couple of days I have been working on my camera trying to get it ready for the trip this coming weekend. I just can’t fathom going to the area around Peachtree Falls and not being able to take photos. On top of that I have been needing to update the Bolt Mountain [...]
A couple of days ago I went for a short hike here on Bolt Mountain. The area I was going hiking was within walking distance of my house. I was walking down a one lane road called Breckenridge trying to decide where to enter the woods. I had just come through a small curve when [...]
In talking about West Virginia’s snakes there are two non-venomous varieties that I would like to draw attention to. The first is the Northern Rough Greensnake. For people that are afraid of snakes and are likely to be watching the ground, this snake is more likely to be found in bushes and trees. I have [...]
I was at a mine site a few months ago and a small bear showed up and was rummaging in a dumpster for food. There was a superintendent of the coal company standing there as I took out a sausage and egg biscuit for the bear. Shocked, the super said, “don’t feed him, we will [...]
The one that comes to mind I heard while camping in Millers Fork, which is in the head of Peachtree Hollow.
My dog Sam and I were out exploring the surrounding area and had just come up through the bed of a hollow. I was standing about 30 or 40 yards downhill from a gaswell road. [...]
I posted before and said that I had never encountered a coyote in the wild. In saying that, I lied, accidentally of course. There was one time but in my defense I wasn’t hiking but instead was riding in a vehicle.
I’ve seen sign of coyote all over the mountains but had never encountered one before [...]
I’ve lived in West Virginia a good portion of my life, growing up in Peachtree Hollow. That being said I used to love hunting and consider it a very important part of our heritage. The only reason I say used to is because I just don’t have the stomach for it any more. Or the [...]
