Brush and a Barn

by mybirdwalks, posted in Birds, High Points, North Carolina, Walks

Lee County

yep, the county is named after THAT guy

We did a one-county road trip, leaving at 5:30am, because summer birding is best early in the morning. Birds first; highpoint later, because then excessive heat is irrelevant (except for our general well-being, but that’s why we have a cooler of beverages along with us).

Lake Trace is within a private community, but the guard graciously allowed us to park near the gate and do some birding.

NC’s most popular crop (tobacco) and an Eastern Kingbird

At Ring-necked Duck Pond we found a — Lesser Scaup.

Ok, now it’s hot. Time for the highpoint!

X marks the spot!

We attempted to drive in on Aviation Road, but the NO TRESPASSING signs were daunting. So we circled around to the north and looked for that unnamed road off of Eakes, which turned out to no longer exist. BUT a new house was under construction nearby, with a little gravel road that dead-ended up in the woods. Perfect!

A little bush-whacking over to the open area which once was the unnamed road

The barn was super-cool! The pulley wasn’t situated up in the loft for hay, so maybe it was meant to hoist an engine from a car?

This is the highpoint. Or close enough for our purposes.

And this was even cooler than the barn…

My helpful cousin who Knows These Things has identified this as either a ’79 or ’80 International Harvester Scout ii. The ’79 had square headlights, the ’80 had round. Wish I had looked!!!

Here’s what it would’ve looked like before it smashed into a tree.

It had this bumper sticker:

Why, yes, we are!

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