Super hot hike, and a new knife.

[fixer]

nice looking knife!

the story about eucalyptus as i've heard it is that it was brought here by the railroad barons as a quick growing fuel source for the steam locomotives. so some of what you see today is often a remnant of the external combustion era.

 

[GEC]

Sweet looking knife! I might have to look this guy up and pass it on to a friend. He is looking for something like that without the scandi edge.
I'm glad the temp and humidity here in nj are not like that anymore. Now we are settling in the 80-70 degrees during the day and at night roughly around 50-65 degrees.

 

[tknife]

nice looking knife!

the story about eucalyptus as i've heard it is that it was brought here by the railroad barons as a quick growing fuel source for the steam locomotives. so some of what you see today is often a remnant of the external combustion era.

It's interesting that you say that. There are railroad tracks nearby including a railroad tunnel that was blasted through the mountain in 1906

 

[HikingMano]

Good stuff T :thumbup: Looks like a comfortable all-rounder. See any rattlers this time? Probably was too hot even for them....

 

[tknife]

Good stuff T :thumbup: Looks like a comfortable all-rounder. See any rattlers this time? Probably was too hot even for them....

It's strange, I haven't seen a single snake this whole year. Tons of lizards, ground squirrels, rabbits etc. but no snakes. These rocky areas are usually crawling (or slithering) with rattlers, garter snakes and racers but I haven't seen any!

 

[HikingMano]

Same here, aside from a little garter earlier in the summer, although I tend to see less snakes in the damper shaded areas I hike in....

 

[fixer]

It's interesting that you say that. There are railroad tracks nearby including a railroad tunnel that was blasted through the mountain in 1906

that's often the case, but they got spread around enough that the presence of one doesn't aitomatically indicate the other. but i'm not surprised.