Had to drag ladders through the swamp to core these beautiful old growth bald cypress. I got some serious crook eye form a ~7ft rat snake and gigantic spiders.
Nottoway River, VA
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Had to drag ladders through the swamp to core these beautiful old growth bald cypress. I got some serious crook eye form a ~7ft rat snake and gigantic spiders.
Sandy Island, SC is one of the coolest place I have seen in that state. It is absolutely covered in very old living longleaf pine as well as rement stumps and snags.