My First Camping Trip of 2015

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In 2015, my first camping trip ⛺ of the year was out to Chenango County at Balsam Swamp State Forest. It’s spring, it was rainy and muddy, as witnessed by truck.

Big Red is muddy... Just from dirt on rural Schoharie County

I visited the Berry Hill Firetower, 🗼which is now gated part way up.

Foggy afternoon

I camped at Balsam Swamp State Forest Camping-area.

Camp

Cleared out a bit 🌤 as the afternoon progressed.

Starting to clear

Before sunset.

Before Sunset

As the sun set, fog set in over the lake.

Bar the annoying hum of the neighbors generator it was a beautiful evening

Here’s a map. 🗺

Balsam Swamp State Forest

Radiation-Munching Fungi Are Thriving On The Walls Of Chernobyl’s Reactors | IFLScience

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Radiation-Munching Fungi Are Thriving On The Walls Of Chernobyl’s Reactors | IFLScience

In fact, a number of fungi species are known to inhabit the extremely radioactive environment that emerged out of the infamous Chernobyl nuclear disaster in 1986. All in all, scientists have documented around 200 species of 98 genera of fungi – some tougher than others – living around the ruins of the former nuclear power plant.