Seeing the Forest and the Trees!

[pyat]

A bunch of us played hooky yesterday, and went to Mount Nemo to mark the various recent birthdays of various offspring.

There were trees ten centuries old, moss-covered depths, and giant flesh-eating birds!




sassy_fae applies bear fat to the brilliant white flesh of etherlad, as part of some kind of failed experiment in fly repellence.


Into the woods!


Hey, Boo Boo! I wunner whats in those pick-a-nick baskets!"


We engaged in very sedate hiking.


Turkey vultures lined edge of the cliff. (Photo by doc_mystery)


As did I!


The site is home to a number of Atlantic White Cedar trees (though they are technically a Cypress, sez Wiki) that are among the oldest known trees in eastern North America. Some are more than 1000 years old.


Elizabeth, shooting energy beams from her hands. Not sure what caused this photo glitch.


sassy_fae took the girls to meet the Wood Elves.


While I searched for the entrance to the Tomb of Horrors. I found a lot of moss! And a couple of enticing cracks in the ground that appeared to open into larger spaces.


View from the crevice.


I withdrew and sent the rogue to run a few spot checks.


We were heavily laden after we were forced to eat the mules.


Alex reminds us that the map is nottheterritory. And in the background, etherlad has found a baby!


Three friends!

Comments

[hillarygayle.livejournal.com]

That looks like such a good time. See that green glow near the southern horizon? That's the aura of my jealousy over such an awesome day. ^_^

[redstorm.livejournal.com]

Looks fun. I miss hiking in Canadia, you've got some lovely forests. :)

[catsarah.livejournal.com]

Been awhile since I was there...thinks it's time again soon!

Wheee! Love the mossy rocks :)

[normanrafferty.livejournal.com]

"We engaged in very sedate hiking."

To hike, you actually have to move.

As for your daughter's hands -- she's attracted ghosts! PHOTO EVIDENCE OF GHOSTS!

[sassy-fae.livejournal.com]

Is it really hooky if we all booked vacation days several weeks in advance?

Great shots! I'm going to snag a few of them for my post, which has been slow in coming :)

[pyat.livejournal.com]

Some of the really good ones belong to doc_mystery! I see now I didn't tag all his.

[halfelf.livejournal.com]

Wow. This is so awesome. Looked like a fun day!