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We camped a lot at one particular camp in southern Ohio. I would explore and explore and got to know the campground really well. On one occasion I discovered three trees in close proximity to each other. One had 4 trunks, one 8, and the third 12 - I marvelled at the synchronicity since 4+8=12. On another occasion, I found two ponds (lakes to me). A few months later, when I went to show them to people, they were gone, having dried up during a draught - they really weren't very big ponds, but nobody else knew about them.

We camped a lot at one particular camp in southern Ohio. I would explore and explore and got to know the campground really well. On one occasion I discovered three trees in close proximity to each other. One had 4 trunks, one 8, and the third 12 - I marvelled at the synchronicity since 4+8=12. On another occasion, I found two ponds (lakes to me). A few months later, when I went to show them to people, they were gone, having dried up during a draught - they really weren't very big ponds, but nobody else knew about them.

During graduate school in eastern Missouri, some friends and I would go spelunking in one particular cave. On one occasion, the geologist of the group mentioned that there might be another part of the cave, but we would have to go under water to get there. It was only 58 degrees in that cave and we were already soaked, so none of us was particularly interested in going first. I volunteered. As it was, we didn't have to go totally underwater. Instead we had to lie down, pull ourselves along with our hands digging into the sand, and turn our heads to the side and up to breathe. 15-20 feet later, I popped out into a new part of the cave - knew to us and the rest of humanity - animals already knew about it.

During graduate school in eastern Missouri, some friends and I would go spelunking in one particular cave. On one occasion, the geologist of the group mentioned that there might be another part of the cave, but we would have to go under water to get there. It was only 58 degrees in that cave and we were already soaked, so none of us was particularly interested in going first. I volunteered. As it was, we didn't have to go totally underwater. Instead we had to lie down, pull ourselves along with our hands digging into the sand, and turn our heads to the side and up to breathe. 15-20 feet later, I popped out into a new part of the cave - knew to us and the rest of humanity - animals already knew about it.

I like to go hiking and on walks, especially along the beach. I've turned that love of walking along the beach into [[Yellow Bear Journeys]] eco-tours.

I like to go hiking and on walks, especially along the beach. I've turned that love of walking along the beach into [[Yellow Bear Journeys]] eco-tours. I've also founded [http://ecotoursnw.com Ecotours Northwest]

Dale Stubbart

Dale Stubbart