Friday, June 15, 2012

Allegany S.P. Historical Society retreat - 6/8-10/12

One of the park naturalists telling us all about bats.

Arachnids, butterflies, bugs n' stuff.

The beautiful babbling brook that flows past Camp Allegany.

The camp was also occupied by dozens of barn swallows. This one had a nest in the eaves of the mess hall. It would spy on us whenever we would hang out on the porch.

Yvonne had some car trouble. Some of us tried to figure out what was going on.

We took a hike down to Wolf Run.

A beaver pond and dam on Wolf Run. Roberta did see one beaver.

We visited the Carnahan cemetery up in the Wolf Run area.



The old Wolf Run road. Something tells me it doesn't get maintenance other months of the year either.




Wolf Run

Brown Hollow is a small valley that branches off from Wolf Run. There's some interesting foundations of a mill and other buildings but we didn't have time to go visit them.

Another shot of Wolf Run road.

This is the clearing where the Wolf Run school used to be. Note the 90 degree bend in the line of trees. Every Arbor Day the students would plant a new tree. They managed to get about 2/3 of the way around the property.

Before dinner. Bob is undoubtedly announcing something important. Julie can't break her concentration in trying to beat May Kay at Scrabble. That's my girl! :)

Justin and Andy cooking up some delicious food. These guys cooked all weekend for 50 people!

A rip roarin bonfire.

Sally Marsh working the crowd.

The mist that night was pretty awesome.

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