Now mushrooms aren't the only fun we had this week. We also went over by the pond at the amphitheater entrance and while looking in the forest, we started to find old golf balls (the colorful kind). Well since we were just below the old putt-putt I guess it made sense. So we started searching through the leaf litter and 40+ golf balls later we figured we had done a good job cleaning up near the pond. Our cleaning efforts also rewarded us with some balls from the batting cage and a broken putter, that would be fixed very soon. Nothing better than getting to keep what you cleaned up out of the forest. Now the other thing that we saw was how nature is working to reclaim the putt-putt course itself. Pretty impressive how fast things can grow over what we make. I am sure that someday soon the lot will get sold and it will all get cleared out again, but for now nature is taking back land that once belonged to it.
So with golf balls in hand and a fixed putter, what else can you do but build a nature putt-putt course. Five holes made out of found materials. After all our work it was time for the 1st Annual Eno Intersession Nature Camp putt-putt tournament. Here are a couple of pictures.
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| Stuck in the trap |
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| Concentration |
So I won't divulge who the winner was, but let's say the adults showed the campers how to putt-putt. Maybe in the spring the camper can get a rematch.
On our last day out in the woods on week 2, we came across a baby copperhead in the woods. Of course that was the one day we didn't have the camera with us. I know, I know, we might as well be telling you we saw Sasquatch but didn't have our camera. But we did see a copperhead and it looked a lot like...
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| Photo from http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/gaston/Pests/reptiles/chamo.htm |
As pretty as it was, it also helped us remember that there were probably others close by as the mother probably had more than one. Copperheads are interesting in that they do not lay eggs, but rather have live births. That's all for today, we'll talk to you soon.
