Diaper-Tree Landing on the Pack, Et. Al.

Amazing sometimes what can be found out in the pristine woods. 

I was walking down to the shoreline of Upper Pack River yesterday when Bill hollered back to me that the route he had taken was easier than the direction I was headed.  

Normally, I would change course, and yesterday that would have been a good idea because I didn't have my Trekking pole with me for support in the tricky areas. 

The strange and colorful fungus on a tree near the creek, though, had captured my total focus so I kept on making my way through the wet bushes to see if what I thought I was seeing was for real.

Sure enough, it was!

No way was I gonna take it off the tree and carry it over to Bill for a forester's analysis.  I've heard that famous age-old saying many times:  DON'T JUDGE A DIAPER BY ITS COVER!

So, I left the colorful tree adornment as is and walked on over to where Bill and Kiwi were looking over that stretch of the river. 

We had taken a new route, for Bill, to the river, and from the little crystal clear pools and mini waterfalls at that spot, I have no doubt that Bill will return to Diaper Tree Landing.  

I think he's methodically scouting out all the fishing possibilities on the Upper Pack, and after yesterday's short walk, he said he'd probably be hiking into the West Fork of Pack River to see what kind of fish are there.  He thinks cutthroat. 

Yesterday turned out to be one of those indecisive fall days where Mother Nature couldn't really decide what she was gonna hand out, so she gave us a potpourri, including rain, cold, snow almost all the way down our surrounding mountains, some sun and, in our case, a chance to walk through the first snow of the season. 

Before parking to walk the "road not ever taken before," we drove on up Pack River and turned around at a wide spot with about half an inch of snow. 

As we came back down the mountain, clouds bringing in snow and rain showers, moved on and the sun came out to accent the fall colors.  

Again, a nice afternoon interlude after a busy morning.

Part of my morning was spent dropping off some ZAGS posters, and on one of my routes, I saw this large gaggle of Canada geese (did I get that right, Marian) in a recently harvested field along Selle Road.  

It looked like total goose culinary delight. I have a feeling they'll be hanging out there for a while. 

My annual job of dropping off those posters is taking its time because along with each stop come some pleasant visits with the recipients.  

So, today I'll do more of the same before or after my bi-monthly hair "zapping" session at Sally's salon.

So, I guess you could say it's gonna be a ZAGS-ZAP day ahead.  Should be fun.   

Happy Friday.