The Ferryman, October 2015

Moving south toward the trail head, I came across these millipedes seemingly sunning themselves.

I have visited the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge since I was a young teenager. Over the years I checked off one area after another, but on this occasion, I explored the one area I never visited, the Charon’s Garden Wilderness Area. Charon in Greek mythology is the ferryman of Hades who carries souls of the newly deceased across the rivers Styx and Acheron that divided the world…

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