What’s an outdoors experience without animals?
Nope, we didn’t see many. There was an elusive Swainson’s thrush (identifiable only by his song), and the appearance of a Northern Flicker and a couple robins. A gray jay came by camp one night. Chickadees and chickarees could be heard (the latter are a native squirrel, not a bird).
We found big piles of bear poop. The usual scratches on the trees that we’re not sure are bear or cougar (they reach quite a ways up the tree trunks). But nothing more.
Except for the gastropod mollusk…
It took him three days to move from the north side of camp to the south side.
Approximately 7+ inches of Pacific Northwest Beauty.
