Because.....we all love the blog - we wanted to keep it going.
Here's my journal and pictures to add.... (Love, Carra)
I drudged myself out of bed at 7:30am on Sun, Jan 31st to bundle up for the hike in 15 degree weather. Danielle was going to pick me up. After last week's late arrival, we made a pact to start even earlier in the day. But, my poor sister was knocked out with a bad cold. After seeing me go through my horrible cold in December, she did not want to chance it. Off I headed to Jockey Hollow to hike 6 miles with the other dedicated members. Everyone was sad to see that it was just me and not the sister team!
We had a real surprise along our hike. We heard this crazy loud sound that alerted us to quickly find a pileated woodpecker. He was a male revealed by the red on the front of his crown (females are black). He had holes in all the trees around us. Clearly we were in his home. We were able to see him boring holes in the trees. It was incredibly cool. If you didn't know, the pileated woodpecker was the model for the cartoon character of Woody Woodpecker. We really pushed along, many of us because we wanted to get out of the cold. It took 2.5 hrs. Afterwards, we went for hot breakfast. For my sister, I drank a really good hot chocolate. :) Thanks to Roger for taking the photos and I'm not one to blog so, get well Danielle!
Everyone was sad to see that it was just me and not the sister team!
We had a real surprise along our hike. We heard this crazy loud sound that alerted us to quickly find a pileated woodpecker. He was a male since he had red on the front of his crown (females are black). He had holes in all the trees around us. Clearly we were in his home. We were able to see him boring holes in the trees. It was incredibly cool. If you didn't know, the pileated woodpecker was the model for the cartoon character of Woody Woodpecker.
We really pushed along, many of us because we wanted to get out of the cold. It took 2.5 hrs. Afterwards, we went for hot breakfast. For my sister, I drank a really good,hot chocolate. :) Thanks to Roger for taking the photos and I'm not one to blog so, get well Danielle!
