narteaga's Journal

I went on a 1 and a half our walk in a local preserve near me. I was walking near a waterfall and a lake throughout the forest. I saw lots of small plants on the ground because of the trees of the forest not letting a lot of the light through. As I was walking through the woods a snake started to slither in front of my mom and I and i thought it would be a good idea to get a photo but then the snake turned its self towards me so i left it alone. Along the path I walked I saw some ferns and was seeing if I could find a sporophyte of the fern but I didn't have any luck. I got to say the walk was really hot because of the sun and the humidity of the forest wasn't helping. As my walk was coming to an end around more an hour and a half after entering the forest i saw something i thought to be some wine berries, which was cool because it was one of the things i had hoped to see in the forest. Over all I ended walking 3 miles and it was a great walk although my mom was scared of bears the whole time.

I went to walk at the high mountain reserve during the day. It was pretty humid in the forest right before a down pour. I walked for around 40 minutes discovering some cool signs of life. When I first entered the forest i saw a dead log which had some lichen on it. The Lichen was whiteish green. As I continued I started to get bit by some bugs but also noticed a moth like insect almost hit me on the face. It was black with 2 orange dots. As i continued further i noticed some oyster looking mushrooms on a big dead tree stump. I felt like it was hard to find some fungus so i went a little off trail to an area where i thought i might find some cool things and i ended up spotting this fungus that complete covered the underside of a branch. It was white and made a big sheet on it. I honestly had a fun time taking photos and walking through nature. I felt like i observed more and actually got to take some time and enjoy the things going on around me