1 00:00:21,720 --> 00:00:26,735 Kevin Bae: All right, good morning it's December 14. We are 2 00:00:26,839 --> 00:00:33,527 at Watson MIll State Park Watson Mill Bridge State Park got this 3 00:00:33,631 --> 00:00:40,110 old long covered bridge and we're gonna go on a very easy hike 4 00:00:45,570 --> 00:00:47,520 only a couple of miles 5 00:01:13,800 --> 00:02:03,870 right guys it's a brisk morning but 45 degrees 6 00:02:18,780 --> 00:02:22,050 Christmas is 11 days away 7 00:02:31,560 --> 00:02:39,840 beautiful stream right next to us I got a little bit deeper 8 00:02:39,840 --> 00:02:45,810 into the trail so I like Godfrey off the leash see if I deal with 9 00:02:45,810 --> 00:02:51,420 any trouble at the state park I don't think so. It's kind of 10 00:02:51,420 --> 00:02:52,050 empty here 11 00:03:54,510 --> 00:03:55,380 got for you let's go 12 00:04:10,440 --> 00:04:14,130 I don't think I have too much to say today 13 00:04:20,040 --> 00:04:24,540 I know it might be a little strange. I'm used to usually 14 00:04:27,210 --> 00:04:30,960 yapping about nothing. I suppose I'm doing at the moment but 15 00:04:36,630 --> 00:04:55,590 I don't know I feel very silent coming up to a bridge flips to 16 00:04:55,590 --> 00:05:00,120 go Godfrey bridge number one All 17 00:05:19,740 --> 00:05:33,810 right feel like in the in the parking lot is about 45 degrees 18 00:05:35,940 --> 00:05:39,330 and back here in the woods a little bit now just like it's 19 00:05:39,330 --> 00:05:49,020 dropped about five to 10 degrees but I don't know how much of a 20 00:05:51,120 --> 00:05:54,720 Okay, let's see we got a sign over here gotta worry about some 21 00:05:54,720 --> 00:06:01,680 snakes water snakes water snakes 22 00:06:27,360 --> 00:06:30,630 so water snakes these two snakes share the same habitat and look 23 00:06:30,630 --> 00:06:35,820 very similar Be careful the cotton mouth is venomous look 24 00:06:35,820 --> 00:06:41,130 for its heavy body, narrow neck and thick blocky head both feet 25 00:06:41,130 --> 00:06:45,390 on fish frogs, snakes, birds and small mammals well I'm hoping 26 00:06:45,390 --> 00:06:53,430 it's cold outside so there are no no snakes. So we are on a on 27 00:06:53,430 --> 00:07:04,290 the purple trail it see the loop so we just hit it off and this 28 00:07:04,290 --> 00:07:07,680 time I'm gonna go clockwise normally I go counterclockwise. 29 00:07:09,630 --> 00:07:12,300 So I'm going to shake it up and go clockwise today 30 00:07:23,370 --> 00:07:28,950 I'm glad there's an incline on this side. Because it's set very 31 00:07:28,950 --> 00:07:38,160 steep. This trail is rated as easy 2.3 miles or something like 32 00:07:38,160 --> 00:07:44,850 that. So we may we may branch off and go on another trail 33 00:07:44,850 --> 00:07:50,430 after this depending on what time we're done and what I feel 34 00:07:50,430 --> 00:07:51,030 like doing. 35 00:08:11,639 --> 00:08:16,319 We are in Georgia's state park system 36 00:08:25,680 --> 00:08:30,360 so the trails are well marked. well traveled but this is kind 37 00:08:30,360 --> 00:08:42,390 of far away from other populated areas. So I don't think this 38 00:08:42,420 --> 00:08:51,420 area gets packed too much maybe in the summertime. This is about 39 00:08:51,990 --> 00:08:56,100 an hour and a half away from where I live. This is just 40 00:08:56,100 --> 00:08:59,700 northeast of Athens Georgia. 41 00:09:09,690 --> 00:09:14,460 And it costs five bucks to park unless you buy a parking pass 42 00:09:14,460 --> 00:09:23,010 then parking passes 50 bucks annually. So you got to go at 43 00:09:23,010 --> 00:09:29,970 least 10 times to get your money's worth. Which I plan on. 44 00:09:31,980 --> 00:09:38,040 I have a state park that's closer to my house. They have 45 00:09:38,040 --> 00:09:42,300 flying squirrels here. This member of the Rhoden family does 46 00:09:42,300 --> 00:09:47,460 not really fly but glides on flaps of skin. The stretch 47 00:09:47,460 --> 00:09:50,220 between the front and back legs it's thick shiny, furs grayish 48 00:09:50,220 --> 00:09:54,720 brown above and white below. Unlike other squirrels it's 49 00:09:54,720 --> 00:09:59,160 active only at night. Feeding a variety of seeds, not insects. 50 00:10:00,360 --> 00:10:08,340 Old Walker. Old woodpecker holes are often used for nests. I 51 00:10:08,340 --> 00:10:11,400 haven't seen a flying squirrel. I've heard that they that there 52 00:10:11,400 --> 00:10:16,140 are some in my area too but all I see are these tiny squirrels 53 00:10:17,010 --> 00:10:19,860 tiny plain old grey squirrels haven't seen a flying one yet. 54 00:10:56,039 --> 00:11:00,539 Illinois I'm from Chicago so there's a lot of stuff I don't 55 00:11:00,539 --> 00:11:11,399 know about the state of Georgia I certainly know nothing about 56 00:11:11,399 --> 00:11:17,459 the wildlife here. We got another black forest layers. 57 00:11:18,899 --> 00:11:21,329 plant communities are made up of different types of vegetation 58 00:11:21,329 --> 00:11:24,089 the canopy consists of the tallest plants, usually the most 59 00:11:24,089 --> 00:11:27,329 dominant often trees. understory plants such as small trees 60 00:11:27,329 --> 00:11:29,849 shrubs are usually subdominant grow in the middle layers of 61 00:11:29,849 --> 00:11:32,999 ground layers made up of grasses ferns. That's just general 62 00:11:32,999 --> 00:11:43,109 forest information which I already know educated by PBS in 63 00:11:43,109 --> 00:11:45,389 the 70s and 80s 64 00:11:52,590 --> 00:11:56,490 There's a pine forest because it's covered in pine needles 65 00:11:59,100 --> 00:12:05,100 earlier in the trail was regular leaves I didn't take a look 66 00:12:05,100 --> 00:12:09,180 maybe oak trees and shit sorry I didn't mean to say shit twice 67 00:12:12,240 --> 00:12:16,380 trying to keep it clean but deeper and a little bit it's now 68 00:12:16,380 --> 00:12:18,480 changed to all almost all pine needles 69 00:12:25,980 --> 00:12:29,490 Godfrey this way this way this way 70 00:12:35,130 --> 00:12:45,630 Come on come on Godfrey Godfrey this way he's gonna have to go 71 00:12:45,630 --> 00:12:50,940 on leash if he's not going to be able to pay attention this way 72 00:13:12,600 --> 00:13:16,590 think he smelled some squirrels regular squirrels. 73 00:13:56,370 --> 00:14:04,080 Really quiet really very pleasant animal track that would 74 00:14:04,080 --> 00:14:12,810 be quite the encounter. A guy from the city encountering a 75 00:14:12,810 --> 00:14:15,210 bobcat at a Georgia State Park. 76 00:14:20,520 --> 00:14:22,740 I don't know what I would do. I don't know what you're supposed 77 00:14:22,740 --> 00:14:23,040 to do. 78 00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:14,190 All right the bridge number five we we we passed bridge number 79 00:15:14,190 --> 00:15:24,570 one I didn't see two three and four but here's number five I 80 00:15:24,570 --> 00:15:26,220 guess maybe if I went in the other direction 81 00:15:34,080 --> 00:15:36,450 that most people went clockwise so I thought the bridge numbers 82 00:15:36,450 --> 00:15:51,360 would go in a clockwise ascending order but I guess I 83 00:15:51,360 --> 00:15:55,500 can't it's hard to get over how big the trees are here compared 84 00:15:55,500 --> 00:15:56,190 to Chicago 85 00:16:06,000 --> 00:16:18,030 then website me to take a video it's hard to capture it in a 86 00:16:18,030 --> 00:16:26,310 photo let's go back and go put on the trail 87 00:16:39,539 --> 00:16:46,979 they feel like they're twice as tall as trees in Chicago. 20 88 00:16:46,979 --> 00:16:53,129 feet 25 feet 50 feet when you go hiking in the fall, which I tend 89 00:16:53,129 --> 00:16:57,059 to do, I guess more than I know I hike in the fall more than I 90 00:16:57,059 --> 00:17:00,209 do in the summer summers too hot. But I'll hike in the spring 91 00:17:00,239 --> 00:17:07,409 as well. And through the winter, but when there are there are no 92 00:17:07,409 --> 00:17:11,309 leaves on the trees. In the fall I really see how tall these 93 00:17:11,309 --> 00:17:15,809 trees are when the leaves are all full. It kinda lowers the 94 00:17:15,809 --> 00:17:22,769 ceiling of the canopy. And you don't get that that feeling of 95 00:17:22,769 --> 00:17:26,159 like, holy crap these trees are are huge.