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Saturday Feb 25, 2012 #
trail run 30:00 [3]
Shavers Creek Environmental Center, PA
It snowed overnight, so we waited to call the Center to make sure it was open and the roads ok before heading over to the other side of the ridge south of PSU.
Brian S had left maps for us at the desk, so we got those. Yay. Except. Local orienteering is more compass and pacing exercises. At least, the post locations were given by bearing and distance from the previous point. There was a master map, so I guess we could have worked out which control on the map we were headed to. But the map didn't really seem like it would be helpful.
After doing my first compass and pacing exercise in many, many years, we wandered up and had a look at the birdies. The barred owls were spectacular, as were the horned ones with 359ºrotating heads.
Went for a jog, grimacing most of the time with the sore knee, plus I kicked my ankle where there isn't much by way of skin, so that hurt too. Then came back and saw dead chicks jump down the throat of a bald eagle perched on someone's arm. Cool.
Long drive back to NY, but we had a nice lunch in Milheim and did some Amish-spotting.
It snowed overnight, so we waited to call the Center to make sure it was open and the roads ok before heading over to the other side of the ridge south of PSU.
Brian S had left maps for us at the desk, so we got those. Yay. Except. Local orienteering is more compass and pacing exercises. At least, the post locations were given by bearing and distance from the previous point. There was a master map, so I guess we could have worked out which control on the map we were headed to. But the map didn't really seem like it would be helpful.
After doing my first compass and pacing exercise in many, many years, we wandered up and had a look at the birdies. The barred owls were spectacular, as were the horned ones with 359ºrotating heads.
Went for a jog, grimacing most of the time with the sore knee, plus I kicked my ankle where there isn't much by way of skin, so that hurt too. Then came back and saw dead chicks jump down the throat of a bald eagle perched on someone's arm. Cool.
Long drive back to NY, but we had a nice lunch in Milheim and did some Amish-spotting.
Note
Apparently PSU students are brilliant. A few years ago March 17th was during Spring Break, so they decided to celebrate a little early, and State Patty's Day was inaugurated. And since it was fun, they retained it, even when March 17th is not during the Break. So they now have two days when everyone in town gets to dress in green and drink inordinate quantities of cheap alcohol and consider it fun. Ingenious!
I don't usually expect to see green socks and miniskirts in a snowstorm before breakfast.
I don't usually expect to see green socks and miniskirts in a snowstorm before breakfast.
Note
Forgot to say, but on Thursday the weather was really quite pleasant, we had lunch sitting on a bench outside on campus. It didn't last long.