married ten years 5/2

rooftop chives

chamomile

SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) hits Taiwan

disinfecting soldiers 5/17

mask opportunists 5/19

May 22 bike ride over Lions Head

New signs at the turn off from PingGuang Rd 平廣路 up to ShiTouShan 獅頭山 5:45 AM

From from SiQianShui 四嵌水 to LouFeng Mtn 落鳳山 to XiaoYi 孝義
Dan, Jeff, Philip and Tammy - on May 25

5:25 start near 四嵌水

LouFeng Mtn 9:50

落鳳山

or 呂奔山

Arisaema formosana 台灣天南星

Asplenium nidus 台灣山蘇花 13:00

Planning to hike from the southwest corner of the FeiTsui Reservoir 翡翠水庫 to JiuQiongKeng 九芎坑 south of PingLin 坪林, we started out near the head of the DaTong 大通 trail at SiQianShui 四嵌水 at 5:30 AM. We climbed steadily up to the ridge in overcast weather through wet underbrush. We reached LouFeng peak 落鳳山 at 9:30 where it was rainy, cool and windy. Signs read 120 minutes to TongHouLun 桶後崙 and 200 minutes to JinZhiLun 金紙崙 further along the ridge which would put us another 3 and 1/2 half hours walk to JiuQiongKeng 九芎坑 near PingLin 坪林. Fortunately we had noticed a freshly marked trail 15 minutes back along the ridge, advertising exit to TongHou Forest Road 桶後林道 and TaiPower's AiYu Dam in Xiaoyi 孝義台電阿玉霸 in 120 minutes. This steep and slippery trail took us down through uncultivated forest in intermittent rain but less wind. As on the ridge, all hiking club flags over a month old have been torn down and thrown into piles. The trail takes us out to the XiaoYi Dam at about 13:30. We walk up trough the village of XiaoYi 孝義 to the TongHou 桶後 road where we are quickly picked up by a jeep enthusiast who drives us all the way back to Dan's truck. We are home by 15:30

plant liberation 5/31

loquat 枇杷樹

date palm 棗椰子

White-spotted Longhorned Beetle Anoplophora malasiaca 星天牛