First camping trip to Wildcat Hollow

I just recently got back from camping in Wayne National Forest (the Wildcat Hollow Trail). It was just an overnight thing, and Jimmy, Amanda, Liz and I were the only ones that were able to go, but it was still fun. Liz and I know that area pretty well now, since we had to drive back for like 15 minutes in order to get signal and let Jimmy and Amanda know what was going on with the directions. Mapquest had some bad directions, and then the road off of 13 South in Corning did not have a clearly marked sign, so we wanted to make sure that they knew where they were going since it was after dark when they arrived. We made up some hobo dinners, then some scrambled brownies, and sat by the fire for a little bit. Then we went to bed, woke up at 9 (I actually slept fairly well) and made delicious M&M pancakes. My sleeping bag served me very well. I was a little warm for most of the night, actually (the low was 42), and had to unzip the side a little bit. It was much more comfortable than it was in the summer though. I guess that's just one of the problems with having a 15 degree bag. Oh well, I like it. We had to leave soon after the pancakes because Liz had powderpuff practice. Jimmy and Amanda went down to Burr Oak State Park to hike around for a little bit though.

I went bug hunting for Erin and Simonne, but didn't find much. No wood boring beetles. I got them a cricket, a bee, and some weirdo little bug that was crawling on my pack. I ended up looking for salamanders more than bugs though. I found some duskies, what I suspect is a species of dusky that I've never seen before (it had a red back, but it wasn't Plethodon cinereus), some two lined salamanders (I'm not sure if they were northern or southern), and finally some red-backs (P. cinereus) right under the rocks and logs near our fire.

It's an interesting little trail, and we'd like to go back next weekend or the weekend after. I also would like to do a day trip to Hocking Hills when the leaves are really pretty.

I thought I'd mess around with getting pictures in my blog, and so here is my senior fellow picture as a test run!