My hiking time has been devoted to morel hunting for the past few weeks. I haven't found nearly as many as last year, but it has been fairly good this year. I found the first few on April 9, so the morel season has been a lot longer this year than it has been in the past. The woods have been so dry that I haven't found morels in the usual spots.
These are the April 9th morels.
This was taken April 17th.
I didn't find any morels this weekend,
but I did see this black bear and two moose.
These were the morels I found on May 1st and 2nd. I also found this antler while I was out. This one is not a shed--it was broken off. My brother thinks it happened when two bucks were fighting. Ouch! This is the second antler I found while looking for morels this spring, and the fifth antler I found in total (so far!).
Then for the summer plans! The Mountaineers Kinni deadline was Friday, so I have been working on my summer hikes. I have two backpacks and two day hikes planned, and three of those events are slated for August (Hike-a-Thon!). I also have a non-Mountaineers hike tentatively planned for August 1st. If everything works out, I'll start Hike-a-Thon with a forty-five mile hike! Time to start training!
