Creek Crawl!

I was more than a little bummed to miss the creek playtime during part two of our Project WET class series.  Alas, life happened and while my classmates were splashin' and classifyin', I found myself in Kentucky attending to family matters.  I was feeling left out until...Aha!  There's a creek that runs through my grandmother's property!  So in it I hopped.

It was cloudy and sprinkling, but given that it was the rainiest week in the history of the world (citation needed), I knew that this might be my best shot.

I found....very little.  But these mushrooms (which, after some research, I think are a type of bracket or shelf fungi) looked cool.  There's a rock with some moss on it.  Despite my valiant (and muddy-footed) efforts of flipping rocks and waiting patiently, this little bug was the only critter I found.  It is maybe a water strider?  

So, as you can see, I didn't have much success.  Finding out that the class' creek trip was cancelled was a little comforting (sorry).  I'd like to try again in the future!

On a completely unrelated and just for fun note, this is "Creeque Alley" by The Mamas and the Papas!  It has been playing in my head while writing this blog post....umm......enjoy!