Pics of where we stay

schuette · Post by **schuette** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 10:47 am

too cool...you guys live in beautiful places

CygnusX1 · Post by **CygnusX1** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 10:56 am

Is that a rainforest, or a bayou?

hahaha Jus' kiddin'...looks good enough to fish regularly! WOOHOO

awip2062 · Post by **awip2062** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 11:04 am

That is a creek in the rainforest. Everything is green there and the moss drips off the branches of the trees. When the sun is out, as it was the day I took that pic, the green reflects off the water in the creek and if you are near the water it reflects off your face too. SO pretty!

CygnusX1 · Post by **CygnusX1** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 11:13 am

I can imagine...that rocks...nice big trees too...That's one thing I HAD to have when I bought my land...I only cleared enuff to build on, and left the rest wooded...I'm green like that

awip2062 · Post by **awip2062** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 11:18 am

In the rain forest, trees fall down and baby trees start their lives living off the old dead tree. Then the dead tree rots away and the new tree is left there with its roots in the air. Here is a pic showing a younger tree with its roots going down to the ground around the tree it started its life on and the decaying of the "nurse" tree.

That reminds me of some bayou pics too.

CygnusX1 · Post by **CygnusX1** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 11:24 am

Cool! I was gonna say, they looked like Cypress trees to me, and that's about the only place you find them...Very interesting phenom...

I'm planting some Paw Paw trees this year...They're called "poor mans' bananas" here, and grow these little banana-like fruits...they look just like little stubby pygmy bananas, and you can only find them by a body of water like a creek or river...Only thing is, you only have a 2-week season to pick and eat 'em, so it's a natural treat...

awip2062 · Post by **awip2062** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 11:33 am

We have an orchard with apples and plums and fig. My old guitarist has a lemon tree he is going to grow in his greenhouse. We don't have any fun exotics though.

Hey, did you cut down any trees like this one, Siggs?

CygnusX1 · Post by **CygnusX1** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 11:44 am

hahaha NOPE, and if we HAD one that big here, it would be barricaded by the park service! that's DEFINITELY OLD GROWTH!!!
is that a Sycamore? That's HUGE!!!

Kares4Rush · Post by **Kares4Rush** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 1:04 pm

Is that the Hoh Rainforest, t? I guess it can't be if it is East of you.

I remember visiting there after visiting family and reading about/looking at the "nurse logs" and "nurse trees" and it is sooo beautiful there!

CygnusX1 · Post by **CygnusX1** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 1:19 pm

Here's some shots from nearby...

awip2062 · Post by **awip2062** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 2:47 pm

CygnusX1 wrote:hahaha NOPE, and if we HAD one that big here, it would be barricaded by the park service! that's DEFINITELY OLD GROWTH!!!
is that a Sycamore? That's HUGE!!!

That is one of the largest we have in the rainforest, but there are several that come near to it. I think that is a Douglas Fir, if I am not mistaken. I know it is not a Sycamore though, as they aren't out at the Hoh.

awip2062 · Post by **awip2062** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 2:52 pm

Kares4Rush wrote:Is that the Hoh Rainforest, t? I guess it can't be if it is East of you. I remember visiting there after visiting family and reading about/looking at the "nurse logs" and "nurse trees" and it is sooo beautiful there!

It is the Hoh. My bad, I am east of it. LOL

CygnusX1 · Post by **CygnusX1** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 11:28 am

more pics from home:

Ferry Farm, boyhood home of George Washington

Frederickburg Fall Line of the Rappahannock River, designated as one of the "Ten Scenic Rivers of the United States""

Horse-drawn carriage in Oldtown Fredericksburg

Another view of the Rappahannock River, looking towards Fredericksburg

awip2062 · Post by **awip2062** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 11:38 am

Pretty pics from back east! More?

CygnusX1 · Post by **CygnusX1** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 12:37 pm

okee dokee...