Wednesday, May 4, 2011 - Lingle WY
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Rain, Alcova Reservoir, Alcova WY, May 4, 2011
The end
Today I saw the last day of this winters adventures in the west. Heading eastward across Wyoming I leave the mountains behind and head down onto the great plains and see the last of the western culture this trip.
Night camp
Site n/a - Pony Soldier RV Park, Lingle WY
- Verizon cell phone and EVDO service - good signal
- Pony Soldier RV Park website
- Locate Pony Soldier RV Park on my Night Camps map
- Check the weather here
Crayfish Chimney
Late one afternoon I sat upon my camera case beside the path where it wound through the darkest part of the woods, down near the pond, and watched a crayfish building his "chimney," the land entrance to his underwater tunnel. He had just started to work above the ground when I first arrived. He came up through the moist black earth, carrying a ball of it between his two enormous fighting claws. Using the claws as hands, he spread the soil around the hole to form the base of the chimney. He then backed down the hole and after several minutes came up with another armful.