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Posted by: marlin55388 Posted on: Jan 21^st, 2011 at 5:01pm	Quote
Yep, there is a lot of "WOW" in that spot. For us it is it has become the threshold of the portal into the wilderness, that is part of the magic of the Kelso and the beauty that is there. Getting out there is a bit mucky when the water is low.

Posted by: Spartan2 Posted on: Jan 21^st, 2011 at 4:28pm	Quote
We didn't realize it was there or I might have made an effort to get a better photo. This one was just shot quickly from the canoe, and I needed a better angle. After we got home and I did a little research, I discovered that there is chatter about this subject and I wished we had checked it out a bit more. We just looked up and said, "Wow! Look at that!" and I snapped one shot.

Posted by: marlin55388 Posted on: Jan 21^st, 2011 at 2:08pm	Quote
Nice one Lynda...there are a few more up on the trail between Wine and Mug. The boy and I always have a chat about this one, the "standing rock".

Posted by: solotripper Posted on: Jan 20^th, 2011 at 4:02pm	Quote
Somewhere in the distance, I can hear a lone Wolf howling

Posted by: Mk631 Posted on: Jan 20^th, 2011 at 1:26pm	Quote
That is a really cool shot today! Thanks Lynda. -Tom

Posted by: starwatcher Posted on: Jan 14^th, 2011 at 2:24pm	Quote
My favorite POD theme; Misty Mornings. Thanks Lynda!

Posted by: satchmoa Posted on: Jan 14^th, 2011 at 1:09pm	Quote
Very nice picture this morning..... I bet it doesn't look like that there now

Posted by: starwatcher
Posted on: Jan 13^th, 2011 at 3:19pm

Spartan2 wrote on Jan 12^th, 2011 at 5:40pm:

Yes, Karl (Starwatcher) the dock spiders are often out on the rocks and I love to see them/photograph them. I am currently looking for a photo I took of one that seemed to live on the latrine at one of our campsites. It was the biggest one I had ever seen, and I will admit it would give me pause when I had to visit the biffy. I did, however, make its acquaintance and learn to adjust to its presence. . . . Wink

As I recall, we stayed at that site for two nights and it was still there when we left. I have a rule that I don't kill any insect in the canoe country unless it is on my body, in my tent, or is a mosquito/tick/blackfly. Grin

I don't believe that the webs like in today's POD's are made by the dock spiders, but I could be wrong. Spartan1 was a dear to work with me to get the web photos--they were taken from the canoe and involved a bunch of "hold it more still!", "a little closer", "a little more to the right", etc. It's really hard to photograph a web without having the camera on a tripod. And that was before I had an IS lens.

I jest Lynda, but that might have been enough to get me to move to a new campsite. Shocked

I agree that they don't spin an orb web.

Those are some of the biggest spiders in nature. I'm not fond of spiders, although I know they serve a huge purpose in nature. I've never been bit by a fisher spider and I agree that I wouldn't kill any critter unless it invaded my space.

I worked on a project in east Texas this summer and had spiders everywhere; black widows, brown recluse, those huge garden spiders and banana spiders; I made sure I never placed my work clothes or equipment on my bedding. I had a plant in Oklahoma and used to see tarantulas crossing the road when you drove down the country roads; looks like a huge guerilla hand running across the road. Shocked

By the way, thanks for the photos; it helps keep my sanity during the dead of winter. Wink

starwatcher

Posted by: marlin55388 Posted on: Jan 13^th, 2011 at 3:00pm	Quote
A big one to be sure, now recorded for posterity

Posted by: Spartan2
Posted on: Jan 13^th, 2011 at 2:41pm

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Just because I mentioned it before, here is the infamous "biffy spider" that kept company with me for two days at a campsite on Lac La Croix in 2005. I think it was probably the biggest one I have ever seen, but it wasn't at all aggressive towards me. We played a game of "live and let live".

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It was on one of the new boxes.

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