I hope you all enjoy this short feature video that my family and I took along the Elakala Trail at Blackwater Falls. I feel that treasure hunting can be more than digging things out of the ground. Some treasures found in walks in nature can provide more than something tangible
Absolutely beautiful ~ The scenery, the waterfalls, the hike and the lovely family. Thank you as always for sharing. It warms my heart to see a family spending time like this w/their children. Memories are all we have left as we grow old. Just know your children will have fond loving memories of spending time w/mom and dad. ~ Stay safe
Thanks Leigh. You know you are right it was never what my parents spent on me but the time they spent with me and going exploring. I know one day they will have fond memories when I’m long gone.
Thank You Todd and your family for allowing us to take this hike with all of you. There's just so many beautiful parks in West Virginia and Virginia. You could do months of videos just hiking them. Really like the channel always something to see and I always leave with more knowledge then I came with. Thank You so much.👍
@@AppalachianHistoryDetectives I do, but there's a vast difference in the back story. Guess folks from Appalachia just know how to engage people when they talk about life and family. My grandmother was from Ashville and when she started talking about, well anything We were riveted and hung on her every word. And you Todd have that same cadence and detail when you speak. It shows a real passion for the land and people you are presenting. Great to have you on You Tube it's like sitting in grandma's living room hearing about life in the hills again.
Your videos give us an escape from our day to day routines. They are always so scenic and full of nature's beauty. Thanks for sharing this one with us.
Great to see you and the family enjoying an adventure together again. Your youngun's are growing like weeds...my gosh. You have a beautiful family and are very fortunate to have them share in your endeavours. I like your son...he seems like a free spirit...off on his own a lot. He reminds me of me a little when I was young. Great video, great scenery, thank you for including us. Stay safe and healthy.
Thanks Allan my son and I love spending time together. He doesn’t like being in front of a camera and loves exploring and I’m just glad I can take them.
Perfect wind down video! Love the beautiful music, verdant green forest and all of that cascading water. It's awesome that your family enjoys hiking with you❣
That was a nice adventure. My parents took us on outings like that , my dad was a minister and very poor so we had to do things that was free or very inexpensive and your children will always remember these time together. Thank you for the trip.
Thanks Evelyn. I have a lot of respect for preachers kids. They always had more stress and expectations unfortunately. I grew up dirt poor too and spent a great deal of my life camping and outdoors. You know we are very lucky to be able to enjoy Gods blessings.
I agree,, when children spend all their time on electronics they miss out on all the beauty God has given us, and the sad thing is they don't have those memories to take with them through their adult life. I love seeing your family, thank you so much.
What a beautiful place, God has certainly gifted us so many things in life, and nature. I live not to far from the Giant Redwoods, and Yosemite in California. The mountains here are threatened every year with fires, and has destroyed so much in the last two years. We have so much tourism here also, it's not as wholesome as it used to be. Thank you for the video, I had a great time.
Thanks Patricia I have never been to the Redwoods in CA but it’s on my bucketlist. We don’t have many fires here but back in the 1920’s there used to be and we’re devastating. I once had an offer to work for the National Park there in Yosemite but the cost of real estate was just too much to take the job.
You were making beautiful memories today Todd. Your kids will always be able to look back at this day and smile. I have such good memories of many such hikes with my step-father, he was a great one for doing all kinds of fun things in the great out of doors. The trail you hiked was so beautiful, and so like many we have out here in the Pacific Northwest, complete with some magnificent lodges built by the same CCC program. I am proud to say that my grandpa and also my father in-law were part of the CCC program. My grandpa helped build a CCC camp called Camp North Bend, which later was called Camp Waskowitz, in Washington state, not far from the town of North Bend where I grew up. When the CCC disbanded, it became a summer camp for kids, and our church used to rent the entire place and have yearly camp-outs and picnics there. It is still functioning today. My father in-law was in the CCC program in Illinois, helping to harvest wheat on farms, and also running a crew of men doing soil erosion control, and building roads. Both men were from Doniphan, a small country town in southern Missouri. My father in-law was in the program for two years, and then joined the Navy. I will look in my files and send you a couple of pictures I have of him in the CCC. He enjoyed the program, but he was not happy with their payment methods. He received 10 dollars a month and they sent the money home to his parents. His dad was an alcoholic, so he knew that his hard earned money would be taken by his father for drink. He had left home to live with relatives at thirteen because of this. He joined the Navy as soon as he was old enough. The first pay check he got was 100 dollars and he went and bought his mother a brand new electric washing machine, and had it shipped by train, all the way from the Bremerton Navy shipyards, in Washington, where he was stationed, to Doniphan, Missouri. It was 1939, and the machine was so newfangled she didn't know how to use it, so his younger sisters had to show their mother how to use it. Anyway, I won't write a book here, I just wanted to thank you for your video today, and the lovely memories it has brought to mind for me.
Hey Lesa thanks for the wonderful note and backstory on the CCC. I live the values they instilled in the young men and the parks they made are treasures today. Such foresight the country had back then and how sorely it’s missed today. I would love for them to bring it back.
It's beautiful there. Took my girls there often. Also Seneca Rocks, and camping along the creek at Spuce Knob (highest point in WV 4,863 feet ). Love this state. So well cared for at all the places we visited. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Thanks for this beautiful video. You have a wonderful family. Rom. 15:13 - May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.
Great video. Beautiful scenery. Great family activity. You are so blessed. I have not stayed in the lodge yet, but I love the cabins where I have stayed. There are lots to see in the area! Spruce Knob, Dolly Sods, smoke hole caverns, Seneca caverns just to mention a few places near Black Water Falls. I was able to see a few black bears run across Route 32 near Canaan Valley. “All most heaven”. The fungi you showed appeared to be a Mossy Maze Polypore a shelf variety mushroom. Your analysis of the ground mounds seems logical. Its been over forty-five years since I had ecology, dendrology and botany. We got to do field work and traveled much of the state. One summer I took marine biology and traveled to Florida where we camped on beaches instead of living in motels. Keep up the great work. Thanks, god bless you and your family. Stay healthy and safe.
Thanks Ricky. We are blessed to have such scenic treasures so near us and it be so accessible. I love all of those places you mentioned. We visit them often.
I sure do enjoy seeing home takes me back when was young dolly sods road was dirt then what a beautiful place mom and dad used to take us there for picnics i stayed at the lodge once long time ago thanks todd
You're so blessed to live in such a beautiful state-your kids will remember these treks forever! (I think it was turkey tail fungus on that tree-couldn't see it too good-very curative !!)
It's funny, but just this morning I was telling my wife that I missed the river/water, and we need to go walking on a river trail on a nice day soon. This was absolutely breathtaking, and I find myself putting on my hiking shoes as I watch. I am going to go today! Today's high is supposed to be 64, which is a rarity in almost mid December in SW VA. I must seize the day! Thank you Todd for bringing us along with your family, and sparking today's journey! 😎
@@AppalachianHistoryDetectivesI was able to get out and about today, and even had time to go by and see a larger drive through Christmas light display. You and Johnny Bottles have fun!!!
Looks like a beautiful place to spend the weekend with the family. Lots of good hiking an plenty of great views of nature in it's wonderful world of forestry. Defentily a place the wife an I will visiting in the near future. Thanks for taking us along on an awesome outting through mother natures beautiful forest. Great video todd. You have a wonderful weekend, stay healthy an we'll see ya on your next adventure. 😁👍👍
When I was raising and training English Setters, one of the most beautiful bloodlines was called "Old Hemlock" and I now see why they got the name. Absolutely beautiful scenery.
Awesome adventure great view being out there and nature best thing with your family sort the million dollars or is worth all the gold in the world to be out there with them enjoying it a lot of people don't get to do that todd Great time I enjoyed it stay blessed Union family have a great Christmas🙏👍❤
The top of Spruce Knob is that way with the trees growing all disfigured and lop sided from the wind. I love seeing kids so inquisitive about their surroundings.
Very lovely area Todd. It's nice seeing that your family enjoys the outdoors also. I have friends whose children will never know the joys of spotting wild life or smell a pine forest, I guess it all comes down to how you or I were brought up. My grandfather worked during the depression in a couple locations for the CCC, Pennsylvania and in Virginia. The whole of The CCC has a lot to their credit of state parks, trails that people aren't aware of. As always, great content 👍, don't let the grey hair bother you, it's a sign of wisdom; that's what I'm told anyway(lol). 👍👊✌️
You completely correct on them old CCC camps & there great work. I found to some amazing stone mason work carved out native stone a lot are around old N&S railways lines & old coal companies employed them too. Ran into a real old explosives magazines way back in woods hunting made out very thick like est 12 X 14 inches heavy stone still standing little research mine closed down some time in depression area. Has big timber rattler guarding it too.
I came across an old CCC camp up in the mountains near Alpina Lodge on Gandy Creek. It was just piles of old wood but you could see the barracks and the dining hall. That was 30 years ago. It’s national forest so it can’t be detected but I may venture up that way to see if I could find it again. They did tremendous work in WV
That was beautifully shot video Todd. I've walked that trail and backpacked through Dolly Sods. It's spectacular country and you captured it well. Just a quibble, those big shrubs with the white flowers are Appalachia's own native rhododendron (Rhododendron maximum) not Mountain-laurel (Kalmia latifolia) which blooms in the spring. Thanks for sharing your outing with the family. I enjoyed it.
@@scsu5085 park at the main lodge and the trail head is at the left hand side of the building with a sign pointing to it from the parking lot. The first falls are about 150 feet or so from the parking lot. It's a great hike. Good luck!
Don't worry about your grey hair . You look much better without a lid anyway . The color of your hair is what makes you an attractive guy . That , and that super shaving technique ! lol . Enjoyed the video too .
I often wondered how many ran in to Squashes while metal detecting in the woods. People often report hearing sounds that are like children playing. Likely adolescent Squaches.
@@AppalachianHistoryDetectives (I am sharing some info you might find worthy, and not making any presumptions nor judgements on your position.) I'm afraid those would merely "tick em off" Avoid unholstering it unless one is intent on charging and, If necessary to shoot, I recommend aiminng point between its eyes, for a brain quick stop hit. Based on research (I'm not validating or invalidating the subject scientifically, I've just gathering data on stories shared with a source and presuming these stories are fairly accurate, measured common points.) General positive/negative experiences seem to be a close to 60 (+); 10 neither (+/-); and 30 (-). ▪ < 12% of 100 situations (includes a firearm discharged to scare) when a firearm was discharged; the < 3% shoot/hit,
@@AppalachianHistoryDetectives I do too, but it is good for you and your son to be secure and well informed. BTW, there's a really good Storyteller that has a TH-cam Channel and does a weekly video/audio. He uses primarly Sasquatch 👣 for his stories and Occassionally other Cryptids. I bet you and your son would both like his work. (OK/Safe for the Girls to listen too.) He has an audience from ages 8 to 80 +/- and I truly enjoy his works. "Dixie Cryptid" his name is Cam. A really nice man, witty and endearing. See his channel and his Playlists for hours of enjoying BF Stories. Most are true. ...He was born in Tennessee resides in Mississippi. Let me know l, but I'm certain you'll like his work.
I hope you all enjoy this short feature video that my family and I took along the Elakala Trail at Blackwater Falls. I feel that treasure hunting can be more than digging things out of the ground. Some treasures found in walks in nature can provide more than something tangible
Very nice! Your family is beautiful!
Beautiful,I so enjoy God's creation
Very beautiful country and beautiful family. God Bless !
Absolutely beautiful ~ The scenery, the waterfalls, the hike and the lovely family. Thank you as always for sharing. It warms my heart to see a family spending time like this w/their children. Memories are all we have left as we grow old. Just know your children will have fond loving memories of spending time w/mom and dad. ~ Stay safe
Thanks Leigh. You know you are right it was never what my parents spent on me but the time they spent with me and going exploring. I know one day they will have fond memories when I’m long gone.
One of my favorite hikes to take 💕 Love sharing family adventures and making memories.
It is peaceful and serene.
ABSOLUTELY LOVE YOUR VIDEOS Always Great Time so nice of you to take us along God Bless
It’s great to see a family get out and do things together,it gets the kids out and away from cell phones and video games,great job Todd
Thanks John!!
What beautiful country you got there Todd. Beautiful family. Thanks for that hike.
Thanks William
Thank You Todd and your family for allowing us to take this hike with all of you. There's just so many beautiful parks in West Virginia and Virginia. You could do months of videos just hiking them. Really like the channel always something to see and I always leave with more knowledge then I came with. Thank You so much.👍
Thanks man. Another great channel for stuff like this is called the Wandering Woodsman. Check him out too
@@AppalachianHistoryDetectives I do, but there's a vast difference in the back story.
Guess folks from Appalachia just know how to engage people when they talk about life and family. My grandmother was from Ashville and when she started talking about, well anything
We were riveted and hung on her every word. And you Todd have that same cadence and detail when you speak. It shows a real passion for the land and people you are presenting. Great to have you on You Tube it's like sitting in grandma's living room hearing about life in the hills again.
Your videos give us an escape from our day to day routines. They are always so scenic and full of nature's beauty. Thanks for sharing this one with us.
Great to see you and the family enjoying an adventure together again. Your youngun's are growing like weeds...my gosh. You have a beautiful family and are very fortunate to have them share in your endeavours. I like your son...he seems like a free spirit...off on his own a lot. He reminds me of me a little when I was young. Great video, great scenery, thank you for including us. Stay safe and healthy.
Thanks Allan my son and I love spending time together. He doesn’t like being in front of a camera and loves exploring and I’m just glad I can take them.
Awesome video thanks for sharing
Beautiful park and family!
Loved this nature walk and liked how you pointed out plants, fossils, etc. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching. This explorations in nature are some of my favorite outings.
Absolutely beautiful area thank you for sharing! The Hemlocks are very intriguing
Thanks Angela.
nice hike...thanks for bringing us along.
You bet
Perfect wind down video! Love the beautiful music, verdant green forest and all of that cascading water. It's awesome that your family enjoys hiking with you❣
Thank you very much!
Fantastic trail Todd. Thank you for bringing us along.
Thanks Terry
That was a nice adventure. My parents took us on outings like that , my dad was a minister and very poor so we had to do things that was free or very inexpensive and your children will always remember these time together. Thank you for the trip.
Thanks Evelyn. I have a lot of respect for preachers kids. They always had more stress and expectations unfortunately. I grew up dirt poor too and spent a great deal of my life camping and outdoors. You know we are very lucky to be able to enjoy Gods blessings.
Lovely and very different from the Northwest.
We plan on coming to see it one day
I agree,, when children spend all their time on electronics they miss out on all the beauty God has given us, and the sad thing is they don't have those memories to take with them through their adult life. I love seeing your family, thank you so much.
Thanks Evelyn!
Very beautiful area. I'm close to the MTS trail. Mountain to sea trail. Thanks for sharing your adventure with us.
I have never heard of the mountain to sea trail. Interesting
@@AppalachianHistoryDetectives I hadn't either. It runs kinda along the blue ridge parkway in some spots.
What a beautiful place, God has certainly gifted us so many things in life, and nature. I live not to far from the Giant Redwoods, and Yosemite in California. The mountains here are threatened every year with fires, and has destroyed so much in the last two years. We have so much tourism here also, it's not as wholesome as it used to be. Thank you for the video, I had a great time.
Thanks Patricia I have never been to the Redwoods in CA but it’s on my bucketlist. We don’t have many fires here but back in the 1920’s there used to be and we’re devastating. I once had an offer to work for the National Park there in Yosemite but the cost of real estate was just too much to take the job.
You were making beautiful memories today Todd. Your kids will always be able to look back at this day and smile. I have such good memories of many such hikes with my step-father, he was a great one for doing all kinds of fun things in the great out of doors. The trail you hiked was so beautiful, and so like many we have out here in the Pacific Northwest, complete with some magnificent lodges built by the same CCC program. I am proud to say that my grandpa and also my father in-law were part of the CCC program. My grandpa helped build a CCC camp called Camp North Bend, which later was called Camp Waskowitz, in Washington state, not far from the town of North Bend where I grew up. When the CCC disbanded, it became a summer camp for kids, and our church used to rent the entire place and have yearly camp-outs and picnics there. It is still functioning today. My father in-law was in the CCC program in Illinois, helping to harvest wheat on farms, and also running a crew of men doing soil erosion control, and building roads. Both men were from Doniphan, a small country town in southern Missouri. My father in-law was in the program for two years, and then joined the Navy. I will look in my files and send you a couple of pictures I have of him in the CCC. He enjoyed the program, but he was not happy with their payment methods. He received 10 dollars a month and they sent the money home to his parents. His dad was an alcoholic, so he knew that his hard earned money would be taken by his father for drink. He had left home to live with relatives at thirteen because of this. He joined the Navy as soon as he was old enough. The first pay check he got was 100 dollars and he went and bought his mother a brand new electric washing machine, and had it shipped by train, all the way from the Bremerton Navy shipyards, in Washington, where he was stationed, to Doniphan, Missouri. It was 1939, and the machine was so newfangled she didn't know how to use it, so his younger sisters had to show their mother how to use it.
Anyway, I won't write a book here, I just wanted to thank you for your video today, and the lovely memories it has brought to mind for me.
Hey Lesa thanks for the wonderful note and backstory on the CCC. I live the values they instilled in the young men and the parks they made are treasures today. Such foresight the country had back then and how sorely it’s missed today. I would love for them to bring it back.
Great outing with the family those days are to cherished.
Thanks for taking me along. I enjoyed the outing.
Thanks Libby
It's beautiful there. Took my girls there often. Also Seneca Rocks, and camping along the creek at Spuce Knob (highest point in WV 4,863 feet ). Love this state. So well cared for at all the places we visited. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
We live exploring these places and are blessed to have them.
Awsome Todd, i do love the nature🙏. Blessings to you and the fam, great family. Appreciate ya bro, great stuff👊✌💛
Thanks Will.
Thanks again for anothergreat adventure. Really enjoyed the beginning of the video. Keep up the great job 👍
Thanks Ricky.
Thanks for this beautiful video. You have a wonderful family. Rom. 15:13 - May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.
Thank you Michael. God has blessed me beyond measure.
Great video. Beautiful scenery. Great family activity. You are so blessed. I have not stayed in the lodge yet, but I love the cabins where I have stayed. There are lots to see in the area! Spruce Knob, Dolly Sods, smoke hole caverns, Seneca caverns just to mention a few places near Black Water Falls. I was able to see a few black bears run across Route 32 near Canaan Valley. “All most heaven”. The fungi you showed appeared to be a Mossy Maze Polypore a shelf variety mushroom. Your analysis of the ground mounds seems logical. Its been over forty-five years since I had ecology, dendrology and botany. We got to do field work and traveled much of the state. One summer I took marine biology and traveled to Florida where we camped on beaches instead of living in motels. Keep up the great work. Thanks, god bless you and your family. Stay healthy and safe.
Thanks Ricky. We are blessed to have such scenic treasures so near us and it be so accessible. I love all of those places you mentioned. We visit them often.
I sure do enjoy seeing home takes me back when was young dolly sods road was dirt then what a beautiful place mom and dad used to take us there for picnics i stayed at the lodge once long time ago thanks todd
I’m glad I could take you there. Not a lot has changed I’m sure and it’s still a great place to visit to get away from everything
Thank you for taking us along. Great video. I enjoy all your videos. Keep up the good work!
Thanks Roger
You're so blessed to live in such a beautiful state-your kids will remember these treks forever! (I think it was turkey tail fungus on that tree-couldn't see it too good-very curative !!)
I should have zoomed it Deb sorry. I see this on dead trees but was amazed to see it in a live one.
@@AppalachianHistoryDetectives Yes usually on the dead logs of hardwoods,but,maybe this one was on its way out? Thanks!
It's funny, but just this morning I was telling my wife that I missed the river/water, and we need to go walking on a river trail on a nice day soon. This was absolutely breathtaking, and I find myself putting on my hiking shoes as I watch. I am going to go today! Today's high is supposed to be 64, which is a rarity in almost mid December in SW VA. I must seize the day! Thank you Todd for bringing us along with your family, and sparking today's journey! 😎
It was warm and gorgeous today. Hopefully you got out. I have Johnny Bottles with me this weekend and we are out digging. Such a lovely day.
@@AppalachianHistoryDetectivesI was able to get out and about today, and even had time to go by and see a larger drive through Christmas light display. You and Johnny Bottles have fun!!!
Awesomely cinematic shot from above the falls! Nice job!
Thanks Gordon.
Looks like a beautiful place to spend the weekend with the family. Lots of good hiking an plenty of great views of nature in it's wonderful world of forestry. Defentily a place the wife an I will visiting in the near future. Thanks for taking us along on an awesome outting through mother natures beautiful forest. Great video todd. You have a wonderful weekend, stay healthy an we'll see ya on your next adventure. 😁👍👍
You will love it. It’s very scenic and beautiful there and one of our favorite escapes.
Well produced video!
You're a knowledgeable guy, your commentary on your surroundings is always interesting!
Thanks for watching and appreciate the comment.
Excellent. Just excellent.
ahh serenity now. great vid. good times. look forward to the next one. thanks for bringin us along
When I was raising and training English Setters, one of the most beautiful bloodlines was called "Old Hemlock" and I now see why they got the name. Absolutely beautiful scenery.
Beautiful views of a great nature. It seems to me you and your lovely family had a great time hiking that trail. I really like this video🤩☘️💫
Thanks GS.
You have a beautiful family Todd
Thanks Gaye.
Beautiful Todd I like to go there myself, the wife and I were there while the leaves were turning..
It is a gem of a place and we are lucky to have it Robert. Love that Corridor H makes getting there so easy.
I could almost smell the woods and the water.
Me too....especially in winter.
I feel soooooo much better now.
Awesome adventure great view being out there and nature best thing with your family sort the million dollars or is worth all the gold in the world to be out there with them enjoying it a lot of people don't get to do that todd Great time I enjoyed it stay blessed Union family have a great Christmas🙏👍❤
Couldn't agree more!
God Has Blessed you whith a Beautiful family 😁 take care my friend
Thanks Mary.
nice nature video Todd, enjoyed the scenery .
The top of Spruce Knob is that way with the trees growing all disfigured and lop sided from the wind. I love seeing kids so inquisitive about their surroundings.
Thanks Chris. I did shoot a video up on Spruce but the wind made the audio too bad to use.
Never hide the gray hair Todd, we earned it, wear it as a badge of honor.
Thanks Robert. I hate knowing I’m getting old. Hey still feel young and still enjoy getting out so maybe I’m still young at heart.
Very lovely area Todd. It's nice seeing that your family enjoys the outdoors also. I have friends whose children will never know the joys of spotting wild life or smell a pine forest, I guess it all comes down to how you or I were brought up. My grandfather worked during the depression in a couple locations for the CCC, Pennsylvania and in Virginia. The whole of The CCC has a lot to their credit of state parks, trails that people aren't aware of. As always, great content 👍, don't let the grey hair bother you, it's a sign of wisdom; that's what I'm told anyway(lol).
👍👊✌️
haha...thanks Frank.
You completely correct on them old CCC camps & there great work. I found to some amazing stone mason work carved out native stone a lot are around old N&S railways lines & old coal companies employed them too. Ran into a real old explosives magazines way back in woods hunting made out very thick like est 12 X 14 inches heavy stone still standing little research mine closed down some time in depression area. Has big timber rattler guarding it too.
I came across an old CCC camp up in the mountains near Alpina Lodge on Gandy Creek. It was just piles of old wood but you could see the barracks and the dining hall. That was 30 years ago. It’s national forest so it can’t be detected but I may venture up that way to see if I could find it again. They did tremendous work in WV
That was beautifully shot video Todd. I've walked that trail and backpacked through Dolly Sods. It's spectacular country and you captured it well. Just a quibble, those big shrubs with the white flowers are Appalachia's own native rhododendron (Rhododendron maximum) not Mountain-laurel (Kalmia latifolia) which blooms in the spring. Thanks for sharing your outing with the family. I enjoyed it.
Wow God is good
I thought I was the only one who knew that trick" of course there's wifi at the top of the mountain."
😁👍 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
how do you drive to the parking area, and how far is it to the first ekala falls
@@scsu5085 park at the main lodge and the trail head is at the left hand side of the building with a sign pointing to it from the parking lot. The first falls are about 150 feet or so from the parking lot. It's a great hike. Good luck!
Don't worry about your grey hair . You look much better without a lid anyway . The color of your hair is what makes you an attractive guy . That , and that super shaving technique ! lol . Enjoyed the video too .
Ah thanks gritty kitty.
Nothing that is more beautiful than a Godly family injoying his creation
Thanks Frank...I wish I had thousands of fans like you...
Your daughters have the right shoes for this kind of trail. They aren’t wearing sandals that slip on your feet and tire the legs and feet outl
Trust me that true it’s a miracle. They are troopers and I love that they love getting out.
I often wondered how many ran in to Squashes while metal detecting in the woods.
People often report hearing sounds that are like children playing. Likely adolescent Squaches.
I carry a handgun just in case. These places are so remote it’s hard to tell what you might run into.
@@AppalachianHistoryDetectives
(I am sharing some info you might find worthy, and not making any presumptions nor judgements on your position.)
I'm afraid those would merely "tick em off" Avoid unholstering it unless one is intent on charging and, If necessary to shoot, I recommend aiminng point between its eyes, for a brain quick stop hit.
Based on research (I'm not validating or invalidating the subject scientifically, I've just gathering data on stories shared with a source and presuming these stories are fairly accurate, measured common points.)
General positive/negative experiences seem to be a close to 60 (+); 10 neither (+/-); and 30 (-).
▪ < 12% of 100 situations (includes a firearm discharged to scare) when a firearm was discharged; the < 3% shoot/hit,
@@bethbartlett5692 very interesting information. I hope I never see one though.
@@AppalachianHistoryDetectives
I do too, but it is good for you and your son to be secure and well informed.
BTW, there's a really good Storyteller that has a TH-cam Channel and does a weekly video/audio. He uses primarly Sasquatch 👣 for his stories and Occassionally other Cryptids.
I bet you and your son would both like his work. (OK/Safe for the Girls to listen too.) He has an audience from ages 8 to 80 +/- and I truly enjoy his works.
"Dixie Cryptid" his name is Cam. A really nice man, witty and endearing.
See his channel and his Playlists for hours of enjoying BF Stories. Most are true.
...He was born in Tennessee resides in Mississippi.
Let me know l, but I'm certain you'll like his work.
Sasquatch tunnels. That’s why you seldom see them above ground!
That’s what I thought too. It’s the kind of forest you see them in. Spooky.
You found a juvenile sasquatch fort.
At 12:54... It’s better the hair turn grey than to turn loose my friend! 😂