Humpback Rocks
(Photo: Merlot)
The Rockfish to Reeds Blog also has an associated facebook page that is fairly active. Generally, the page is maintainer oriented; however, there are all sorts of beautiful pictures that catch my eye, wildlife stories, and interesting information, just to name some of the items likely to be 'shared' on the R2R page. My favorite sources for 'shares' include Shenandoah National Park, Wildlife Center of Virginia, The Appalachian Trail Conservancey, The Jolly Rovers trail crew, and various photo sites. You can find the link to the R2R facebook page on the blog tabs.
For those who choose not to be on facebook, the R2R page is "public" and you can certainly just look at it without having to have a facebook account. The links should work for you and if you click on a picture, it will appear in a larger screen - if there happens to be more than just the one picture, you can use the arrows that appear when you hover your mouse over the picture to scroll through them.
Unfortunately, I cannot post everything that is 'shared' on facebook to the blog - it's just too complicated. However, there are some interesting things that I would hate to see non-facebook blog readers miss out on so I'm going to try something new and post a 'roundup' of shares that caught my eye on facebook this past week and depending on how it goes, I might do more of this in the future.
Without further ado, here are some of the R2R facebook posts during the last week.
- Kyle Burnett's journal entry on how he got to be the one person living on Presquile NWR for 10 months. We met Kyle during our work trip in March, helping to get Presquile ready for the big opening of the educational facility. This is Journal entry #1 - I am hoping Kyle will share some more of his journal ... specifically, his experience on Presquile.
- News on Max Patch that was vandalized earlier this year - it's been restored with lots of work and volunteer effort:
- The Wildlife Center of Virginia (just down the mountain from R2R) is currently caring for 14 black bear cubs and two yearlings! It's been a "happening place" for cubs this year. You can visit their website and check out all their patients, including the cubs, plus plans for a new facility to house bears brought in for medical care, at this link:
- The Jolly Rovers trail crew was at work this weekend, in the rain ..... just as our maintainers/volunteers were also facing a soggy day. These folks do some of the most incredible rock work - it's inspiring to see not only the scope of what they do, but their attention to detail. Here is a link to their weekend pictures - you can scroll through all 19 by clicking the 'next', just above the picture's top right corner:
- And last but not least, some of the great pictures that have been shared to R2R's facebook page in the last week:
Enjoy and have a safe and wonderful Memorial Day weekend & holiday!
~Merlot
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