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Camping at Bear Creek Lake State Park – June 7-9, 2020
For our second trip of 2020, we went to Bear Creek Lake State Park in Cumberland County, VA. After doing a day trip to this park in 2016, we thought it would be nice to camp where we could also … Continue reading
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Tagged Bear Creek Lake State Park, Campgrounds, Camping, Coachmen Clipper, Great Blue Heron, Virginia, Virginia State Parks
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Ferals – May 2020
In December 2016 when I became aware of feral cats on my school’s campus, I started trapping them to have them spayed or neutered through our local SPCA’s TNR program. (TNR stands for Trap-Neuter-Return.) Since then I’ve been feeding them … Continue reading
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Tagged animals, cats, feral cats, TNR, Wildlife
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“Law-Abiding” Ferals – December 22, 2019
I assume that most societies establish rules and laws to help maintain order, and based on my observations this morning, it would appear that communities of feral cats function in much the same way. The ferals that I feed apparently … Continue reading
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Tagged cats, feral, feral cats
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Virginia Beach – November 2019
As much as we love our mountains, it’s nice to be just a few hour’s drive away from the ocean. While I-64 is the fastest way to get to there, we usually opt to do a slower and more scenic … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures & Travels, Animals & Wildlife
Tagged Atlantic Ocean, Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge, Dolphins, Gloucester Point Beach Park, Great Blue Heron, Pelican, Virginia Beach, Virginia Wildlife, Wildlife
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All in One Day: October 19, 2019
With a free weekend and no option to go camping (all campgrounds I’d checked within a 60-mile radius were full!) we decided to do a meandering day trip–but where to go? We finally decided to go to the Shenandoah Valley. … Continue reading
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