Category Archives: Nature and the Outdoors

Reptile-Amphibian #26 — Western Smooth Earthsnake

Posted on March 25, 2017 by Roger

Virginia valeriae elegans Saturday, March 25, 2017 Devil’s Den State Park, Arkansas It was a damp, cool, drizzly morning. We hiked the Devil’s Den Trail and climbed back up to our cabin on the stone stairs and came out on … Continue reading →

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Cabining at Devil’s Den

Posted on March 22, 2017 by Roger

We spent six nights at Devil’s Den State Park with friends and family members. The group was down this year. All our camping gear is in a truck somewhere, so we stayed in Cabin 4. The original, built by the … Continue reading →

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Bird #475 — Lewis’s Woodpecker

Posted on March 18, 2017 by Roger

melanerpes (from melanos, black and herpes, a creeper) lewis (named after Meriwether Lewis by ornithologist Alexander Wilson) Saturday, March 18, 2017 Lake Dorothey State Wildlife Area, Colorado I saw on the Internet that 19 Lewis’s Woodpeckers were seen at Lake … Continue reading →

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Lake Dorothey State Wildlife Area

Posted on March 18, 2017 by Roger

To get to this place, you have to head south into New Mexico, then return north through Sugarite Canyon State Park. We went here to see Lewis’s Woodpeckers (next post), but we enjoyed the view too. The trail led up … Continue reading →

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Sugarite Canyon State Park

Posted on March 18, 2017 by Roger

We drove the two-and-a-half hours to this park because I’d seen that Lewis’s Woodpeckers were being seen nearby. Coal was mined in the canyon from 1894 until the start of World War II. In 1912, a company town was built … Continue reading →

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