From: riburr@shentel.net   
      
   riburr wrote:   
   > Steve Peek wrote:   
   >> Black morels are out in quantity in WNC. I found 52 nice ones today   
   >> (better   
   >> that 2 lbs.)   
   >>   
   >   
   > Nice. The roads in the National Forest near me are still closed. The US   
   > Forest Service closes them in late winter to limit erosion. But, they   
   > should open shortly, probably this coming weekend. There is a spot on   
   > the other side of the mountain directly behind my house that looks   
   > promising for morels, although I've never checked it before. It's about   
   > an hour hike to get across the mountain on foot. Will check it tomorrow.   
   > Happy feasting.   
   >   
   > I don't ever remember it being this warm this early. The ticks are   
   > already coming out in force.   
   >   
      
   Hiked over the mountain yesterday.  Weather is very warm and dry, and   
   since there are no leaves on the trees yet I got lots of sun.  Didn't   
   find any morel action at all, but the area I searched was new for me.   
   Finding ticks on me, though.   
      
   News reports are saying the 2012 morel season is running about a month   
   earlier than usual.  This winter was officially the warmest on record by   
   astronomical definition for Washington, D.C.  See:   
      
   http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/post/wa   
   mest-astronomical-winter-on-record-in-washington-dc/2012/03/21/g   
   QAJgJhRS_blog.html   
      
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