After today we are on the slippery slope sliding towards winter.
In the meantime it is 91 degrees, at my location, with the Heat Index making the temperature really feel like 97.
It was a bit cooler than these not so cool temperatures when I went to the Tandy Hills today.
A couple days ago I was slightly startled by a big turtle basking in the waters below dry Tandy Falls.
Today I was slightly startled by a big white truck that caught my eyes and ears as I crossed the escarpment on top of dry Tandy Falls.
The big white truck had its diesel engine running and its headlights on. No human in sight. When I passed behind the truck I saw the lid was off the sewer access, with a cable running into the big hole in the ground. I looked in the big hole in the ground thinking I might see a human. Instead I saw water rushing by, about 10 feet below the surface.
I continued walking. I crossed the second creek crossing and saw a human ahead of me. When the human saw me he turned around, or so it seemed at the time. This was a bit unsettling. Then I saw the human was turning around to get in an even bigger white truck.
Crossing the nearly washed out Tandy Creek crossings seems as if it must be a bit adventurous in those big white trucks.
I really don't like smelling diesel or sharing the trails with big trucks when I am doing my hiking in a Natural Area. This somehow makes the experience seem less natural.
Other than smelling diesel fumes, this has been a quite fine first day of summer. I expect many more to follow.
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