Kind of a gray and soon to become rainy day on Cayuta Lake, but the inlet was a fascinating paddle full of wildlife -- I saw wood ducks, great blue heron, beaver, deer. And lots of birds. Later out on the lake I saw a Bald Eagle but I'm not sure if I got a decent picture using my phone in the waterproof case.
Taken on Thursday July 29, 2021 at Cayuta Lake.All I can say is Beep! Beep!
The smell of hay and manure in the air, the junk equipment, the peeling paint. The old mattress piled on the brush pile just waiting to be burnt. The grunt of the pigs and the bellowing of the cows. A gun shot rings out in the distance, a four wheeler roars along in the woods.
The country life. If I can experience it just by taking a city bus and walking a short distance I know it’s not that far away. It’s even closer if I were to take my big jacked up truck out there. With my job, I could certainly afford to live out in the country although I don’t, dreaming of a better tomorrow. I like run down, cheap and country stuff but also want to be able to have enough land so I’m not bumping up into others, or constantly fighting the stupid liberal laws of New York on guns and open burning or all the taxes and anti-rural laws.
I was there during the middle of day, on a hot and humid Saturday.
Taken on Saturday July 24, 2021 at Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge.
They didn't seem particularly bothered by the poor quality of the sunset lately. There is grass to graze. Seneca Lake in distance.
Taken on Wednesday July 28, 2021 at Finger Lakes National Forest.