Two on Tuesday

As always, the most exciting parts of camping for us are the critter encounters. We saw some deer, one of which I got pictures of, but they're dark and grainy. She had ginormous ears that were super cute. I had some nice bonding moments with three raccoons over the campfire. We also got to see an indigo bunting 'in person' for the first time. He was putting on quite an impressive song and dance to woo his lady friend. It was so cool to watch. Of course there were lots of cute chipmunks and birds, and I've already covered the frogs and snails that were in abundance. I so love the beauty and diversity of our natural world!

I have photos of two rather unique things that we encountered in our hikes.

1. Okay, not technically a critter, but a fungus that was both cool and gross looking. We've not run across one like this before. If you look closely you'll see the spider (wolf spider?) hanging out on the fungus.

2. There were lots of these on the hiking paths. Between these guys and the zillions of tiny baby frogs and snails, we were constantly looking down as we walked to make sure we didn't step on anyone. L made it her job to move all of the little path critters to a safer spot in the woods. These giant millipedes were huge and entertaining to watch. In looking them up on the Internet to learn more about them, we found that they are sometimes kept as pets!