The Next Hike

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Thursday, October 28, 2010

Next Hike

The next hike will be on Saturday, 30th October.
We meet at the Ballpark in Gillies Bay at 10:00am

Las week we hiked along Thompson Road for a while but instead of turning to go up onto Thompson Bluffs we continued to the next road juction on the left. This side road climbs up through some thick second growth forest and end on a ridge where my trail to Third Lake and the gasline starts. It needed some cleaning on the first part as the salal has grown in since the last time we worked on it. Lunch was on a wooded ridge with views to the west towards Vancouver Island. This area had a few good mushrooms including some fresh pines.

My photo this week was taken on a recent hike near the top of Twin Peaks. This caterpillar, one of the largest found in our area, becomes an adult after spending the winter in a chrysalis. The front end is the one with the four pairs of red bumps. The adult insect is a very large and beautiful brown moth with four distinct white marks on it's wings.

JD.
Hyalophora columbia catapillar near the top of Twin Peaks. The large adult moth looks as if it has strayed from the Amazon rainforests.

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