Thanks to the help of my highly talented daughter, Rebecca, I’m once again able to upload photos

I’ve been finding persimmon fruits here and there on the ground but was never able to identify the persimmon tree. While hiking along a ridge two days ago, I found the tree (the bark, the leaf, and the  fruit)

I also crossed a small reptile and a very large one

The snake was over 6 feet long and sitting right in the trail. Any herpetologists out there?

The fruit of jack in the pulpit

Trying to conserve battery power because I’m on a long stretch between electrical outlets – 7 days.

All for now,

Junco