Nice day for a hike

It might be hard to believe,but SW Ohio (Cincinnati area) is loaded with some really spacious wooded areas. It's not all city.
Went hiking this morning in an area that I'd never been in before & enjoyed it alot.
It's about 600 acres & located in Delhi Twp.
Took some pics too:
Near the trailhead;

Spooky looking burned out tree:

Some kind of fungis:

Spooky looking forest creature:

Spooky looking forest creatures gear:

Had a real nice hike & I'm planning to go back there soon.
Cliff

	Cliff N wrote:
	Spooky looking forest creature: Cliff

AHHHHH Elvis lives Laughing

just joking bro, great looking area!

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	Survivor Kid 909 wrote:

AHHHHH Elvis lives Laughing

just joking bro, great looking area!

SK 909........

Razz

You,Sir, ain't nothin' but a hound dog Laughing

Cliff

that's a nice looking knife. Cool

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Great pics Cliff Cool

i like that old hollowed out looking tree.

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Elvis, haha. Laughing

Sweet knife. Cool

I need to go hiking....maybe I'll get to go a few times this fall. Smile

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great looking place. and knife wow

hey weres your blue suede shoes man. Very Happy

just kidding

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No more blue shoes for me...I,m too old for that stuff now.
Walked up on some of these guys on the way out:

Can anyone ID this bark? I thought it looked like birch bark,but it
didn't burn like birch:

Found someones attempt at a shelter...looks like they gave up:

Cliff

Great pictures Cliff.Beautiful flowers.Hope ya didn't get stung. Wink

That is one spooky tree Shocked

.....be great for halloween picture....lol Cool

Cool bees. Cool

About that bark....hmmm....it almost looks like bark from a sycamore tree(don't know if they grow in Ohio Surprised

). Then again, I've seen bark from a pine tree curl off in pieces similar to that, but much shorter. It gave me quite a puzzle the first time I saw it. But I would think pine bark would burn rather vigorously....much like birch....

I have not tried to burn sycamore bark myself, but it does scale off in pieces similar to what you have pictured here. In fact, I think I can see tiny pieces of that same bark on the ground below the piece you photographed. What trees were growing in the area?

We'll get to the bottom of this.

Darn you, Cliff....you've got me all worked up over a piece of bark. Wink

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not sure about the bark, but I have seen it on trees around here too. That shelter attempt looks like someone put a lot of time into it, weaving all those mats...its a shame to let them go to waste

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My guess on the bark would be poplar, but I'm not positive.

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nice bee there Very Happy

don't know my trees so no help there Sad

cool shelter kinda like a tepee Very Happy

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	flashlightfreak9 wrote:
	Darn you, Cliff....you've got me all worked up over a piece of bark.

Don't sweat it...you've got a new blade coming to be worked up over.

That shelter material looked like those store bought grass mats that you buy in the Tacky Dept. at Wally World. They were machine sewn. Probably the best use I can think of for them.
Maybe they were like a wedding present or something & that shelter was the Honeymoon Hideawy.

Well.....I must be off.
Cliff

Cliff N wrote:

	flashlightfreak9 wrote:
	Darn you, Cliff....you've got me all worked up over a piece of bark.

Don't sweat it...you've got a new blade coming to be worked up over.

I am worked up. It didn't come today either. Shocked

I am almost certain it will come tomorrow, though. Smile

	Cliff N wrote:
	That shelter material looked like those store bought grass mats that you buy in the Tacky Dept. at Wally World. They were machine sewn.

That's no surprise. Surprised

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yeah, I was gonna say it looked rather machine made, but I wasn't sure, someone might spend all that time to do it, as inefficient as that way was.

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Hope you folks don't mind a few more pics.
It is another great day for a hike.

This guy was my buddy for about 20 minutes:

Moss really doesn't grow only on the North side of a tree;

Today's gear pic:

Fossils:

You can never tell what you'll find in the woods:

Cliff

Lol, Cool pants man. Make a great Bandana Cool

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do you pick your knife by your mood, and what you're wearing. Laughing

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	Drummer Dave wrote:
	Lol, Cool pants man. Make a great Bandana

Judging by the size of those pants,there's a 16 year old kid running around with a bare butt !!!

Must have been a helluva party.

Cliff