{"id":297,"date":"2020-07-27T01:51:26","date_gmt":"2020-07-27T01:51:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pinesneezer.com\/?p=297"},"modified":"2024-05-04T18:30:37","modified_gmt":"2024-05-04T18:30:37","slug":"joseph-d-grant-county-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pinesneezer.com\/index.php\/2020\/07\/27\/joseph-d-grant-county-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Joseph D. Grant County Park"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><strong>July 25th, 2020 | Saturday | 90&#8217;F Hot but Dry<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"travelersmap-container-69ef84325815e\" class=\"travelersmap-container\" style=\"z-index: 1; min-height: 10px; min-width:10px; height:600px;width:100%; max-width:; max-height:; position:relative;\"><div style=\"position:absolute; z-index:-1;top: 50%;text-align: center;display: block;left: 50%;transform: translate(-50%,-50%);\">Travelers' Map is loading...<br>If you see this after your page is loaded completely, leafletJS files are missing.<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">We sat off after 1pm, drove south and stopped at &#8220;In-N-Out&#8221; for lunch.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">After an animal style with chilies cheeseburger, fries and black &amp; white milkshake, we were ready for a nap. At the campsite, we popped open a beer and laid down on the benches with a stuffed and happy tummy. Gentle waves of breeze, chirps of acorn woodpeckers and them pecking away on the valley oak trees surrounded us.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" src=\"https:\/\/pinesneezer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200726_JosephDGrantCountyPark-1024x684.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"298\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/pinesneezer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200726_JosephDGrantCountyPark-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/pinesneezer.com\/?attachment_id=298\" class=\"wp-image-298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pinesneezer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200726_JosephDGrantCountyPark-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pinesneezer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200726_JosephDGrantCountyPark-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pinesneezer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200726_JosephDGrantCountyPark-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Halls Valley Campground<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" src=\"https:\/\/pinesneezer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200725_JosephDGrantCountyPark-1024x684.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"302\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/pinesneezer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200725_JosephDGrantCountyPark-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/pinesneezer.com\/?attachment_id=302\" class=\"wp-image-302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pinesneezer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200725_JosephDGrantCountyPark-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pinesneezer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200725_JosephDGrantCountyPark-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pinesneezer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200725_JosephDGrantCountyPark-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Valley Oak Tree<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/pinesneezer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Bird.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption><span style=\"color:#abb8c3\" class=\"tadv-color\">Acorn Woodpecker&#8217;s Calls<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/pinesneezer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Sunday-at-9-44-AM.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption><span style=\"color:#abb8c3\" class=\"tadv-color\">Acorn Woodpeckers Pecking Oak Tree<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">As evening fell and the air drew cooler, we went for a short walk. We were greeted by shy brush rabbits, black wild pigs in the distance and skipped over millions of industrious ants on the footpath. As the sun gradually sets, the dry oats glistened and glowed to form a sea of golden yellow around us.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<p>[lfh-gpx src=https:\/\/pinesneezer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Evening_Hike.gpx title=&#8221;My travel in Massif Central&#8221; color=red width=4 ]An exceptionnal trail trough &#8230;.[\/lfh-gpx]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" src=\"https:\/\/pinesneezer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200725_JosephDGrantCountyPark-4-1024x684.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"299\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/pinesneezer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200725_JosephDGrantCountyPark-4-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/pinesneezer.com\/?attachment_id=299\" class=\"wp-image-299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pinesneezer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200725_JosephDGrantCountyPark-4-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pinesneezer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200725_JosephDGrantCountyPark-4-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pinesneezer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200725_JosephDGrantCountyPark-4-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Evening Hike<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"647\" src=\"https:\/\/pinesneezer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200725_JosephDGrantCountyPark-6-1-1024x647.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"301\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/pinesneezer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200725_JosephDGrantCountyPark-6-1-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/pinesneezer.com\/?attachment_id=301\" class=\"wp-image-301\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pinesneezer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200725_JosephDGrantCountyPark-6-1-1024x647.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pinesneezer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200725_JosephDGrantCountyPark-6-1-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pinesneezer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200725_JosephDGrantCountyPark-6-1-768x485.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Evening Hike<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption\"><br><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pinesneezer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/IMG_20200726_182216-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"A sketch of the blue oak tree\" data-id=\"303\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/pinesneezer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/IMG_20200726_182216-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/pinesneezer.com\/?attachment_id=303\" class=\"wp-image-303\"\/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">A Sketch of the Valley Oak<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"684\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/pinesneezer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200726_JosephDGrantCountyPark-4-684x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Cooking breakfast outdoors with MSR stove and pocket rocket\" data-id=\"304\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/pinesneezer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200726_JosephDGrantCountyPark-4-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/pinesneezer.com\/?attachment_id=304\" class=\"wp-image-304\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pinesneezer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200726_JosephDGrantCountyPark-4-684x1024.jpg 684w, https:\/\/pinesneezer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200726_JosephDGrantCountyPark-4-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/pinesneezer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200726_JosephDGrantCountyPark-4-768x1151.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pinesneezer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200726_JosephDGrantCountyPark-4-scaled.jpg 1709w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 684px) 100vw, 684px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Breakfast on the MSR Stove<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"684\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/pinesneezer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200726_JosephDGrantCountyPark-3-684x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Brewing coffee at our campground outdoors using fellow coffee product\" data-id=\"305\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/pinesneezer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200726_JosephDGrantCountyPark-3-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/pinesneezer.com\/?attachment_id=305\" class=\"wp-image-305\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pinesneezer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200726_JosephDGrantCountyPark-3-684x1024.jpg 684w, https:\/\/pinesneezer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200726_JosephDGrantCountyPark-3-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/pinesneezer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200726_JosephDGrantCountyPark-3-768x1150.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pinesneezer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200726_JosephDGrantCountyPark-3-scaled.jpg 1709w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 684px) 100vw, 684px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Coffee with Fellow<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Learning with Nature:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">The wild pigs have a long history here. Some of their ancestors were the barnyard variety, arriving with prospectors in the 1840&#8217;s and 50&#8217;s. (Though most ended up on a spit, some made a run for it.) Another bloodline can be traced to Russian wild boars, which were introduced for hunting on some big ranches, including those owned by William Randolph Hearst, in the 1920&#8217;s and 30&#8217;s.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2002\/11\/10\/us\/san-jose-journal-rooting-for-rain-and-for-relief-from-feral-pigs.html\">&#8211; The New York Times\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">Acorn woodpeckers are clown-faced western woodpeckers with a complicated social structure, living in small colonies. Best known for its habit of hoarding acorns: the birds drill small holes in a dead snag, then harvest acorns in fall and store them in these holes, to be eaten during winter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.audubon.org\/field-guide\/bird\/acorn-woodpecker\">&#8211; Audubon.org<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-4 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/pinesneezer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/00100lrPORTRAIT_00100_BURST20200725174325092_COVER-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"420\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/pinesneezer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/00100lrPORTRAIT_00100_BURST20200725174325092_COVER-scaled.jpg\" 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