Jolly Mill

[Chief Grey Bear]

I think I'll head over that way today. If you see a blue Ford Ranger in the area and two kids around, It'll be me.

Feel free to walk right up and strike up a conversations. I thinking I may be there around 10:00 or so.

[Chief Grey Bear]

Well, y'all didn't miss out on much. Did manage to get 3 from the old bridge to just below the new one.

Up around the mill I waded out and noticed a disturbing amount of large crawdad carcasses. Not sure yet as to what is up with this. No other size but the largest. And no these are not sheds.

BTW, what a beautiful event that is. Not many humans have witnessed the event of crawdads shedding. I can still remember the first one I saw. My dad and I were getting softshells one night on Spring River at the dam in Carthage. I must have been all of 7 years old. I remember it seemed like it took for ever, but if you blinked it was over.

My kids 5 and 7 at the time got to see this last year on Cedar Creek in Newton County. When my wife and I were just dating I took her out to see one. Boy was she thrilled. Still can't shut up about to this day. (OK, so I made up the last sentence)