Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Bushwhacking in Western NB

A very good friend of ours recently bought some land near Florenceville – and we had the pleasure of visiting her and her son. Relaxing out on the ‘back 40’ was great and time flew by – before we knew it we had spent 8 hours there.
We arrived and had a chat, and soon set out on a ‘little’ tour of the property. I wouldn’t say we got lost, we just over shot our destination a couple of times ;)
We had a great trek, found a part of a moose skull, and had a tangle with some bald face hornets. Most of us thought of this as a fun, but long adventure – until the hornets showed up. Lucky for everyone else, that Larissa is a magnet for bugs of any kind. I think we actually stopped on their nest! Larissa got 8-12 stings and the rest of us were spared – thanks Larissa!
Unfortunately it wasn’t enough to just get stung repeatedly, she had to go and develop a skin infection from it – poor girl.
After the ‘adventure’ we relaxed and had a great lunch, and then time just slipped away….
web_IMG_4885“Moose Jaw”
web_IMG_4890“Bushwhacking”
web_IMG_4897“Local flora and fauna”
web_IMG_4904“Post-Hornet tangle – more Bushwhacking”  
web_IMG_4908“Flora…or….Flower?”  ;)
-André

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