Training Log Archive: Nadim

Event: QOC Lake Needwood - CANCELLED
 

Hoyles Mill Conservation Park, MD. From the lake at the Soccerplex, I started to cover a small area for BMX and mountain biking. What I'd pulled off old imagery and the LiDAR led me to believe there'd be a small network of grassy and dirt trails. However, a big section of that was left to disrepair from deadfall. It had become badly overgrown with thick forest grown over what was left. I could sometimes find trail remnants. After an hour an a half of that, I decided to move-on. However, as I was in the power lines and about to switch maps, I couldn't find the current base map that I'd printed. I concluded that the base map had slipped from my folder. I suppose I panicked and switched plans to use the remaining base map in my folder--easier to map stuff in Soccerplex and the thin surrounding forest. That thin forest was pleasantly surprising for how open it was. There were also enough scattered features and a deer trail (the deer were rather tame and curious, even following me at one point). In one part of the nice woods I found a sort of stick hut village--one big structure with rooms, roof, and corridors made entirely from sticks laid against and on top of each other. There was also a classic teepee. These should be around for a while so I mapped them. I finished up walking through part of the Soccerplex to capture what I hadn't from the satellite photos.