Bull Run
Virginia Bluebells
Morel Mushroom
Traveling Portable Toilet
An Accidental Terrarium
Toad and Snake
Moss Shoe
Rt 28 Illegal Dumping
Cub Run
Smashed Motorcycle helmet
Mason Neck State Park
Sandy beach at Mason Neck
Mist over Belmont Bay
Bull Frog in wetland
![Virginia Bluebells](javascript:showimage('<H3>Bluebells beside Bull Run - April 19, 2009<\/H3> <IMG SRC = " album\/bluebells.jpg " WIDTH= "480" HEIGHT = "360" > <P> Each spring the flood plains of Bull Run and Cub Run are carpeted for a short time with Virginia Bluebells (Mertensia virginica) <\/P>')){kind=link}
![Morel Mushroom](javascript:showimage('<IMG SRC = " album\/morel.jpg " WIDTH= "400" HEIGHT = "300" > <P> Yellow Morel mushroom (Morchella esculenta) beside Bull Run April 19, 2009<\/P>')){kind=link}
![Traveling Portable Toilet](javascript:showimage('<IMG SRC = " album\/portajohn.jpg " WIDTH= "344" HEIGHT = "258" > <P> Flooding last year washed this portable toilet from Ben Lomond Park into Bull Run. It traveled 4 miles downstream, where it came to rest just upstream of the confluence of Bull Run and Little Rocky Run. <\/P>')){kind=link}
![An Accidental Terrarium](javascript:showimage('<H3>An Accidential Terrarium <\/H3> <IMG SRC = " album\/terrarium.jpg " WIDTH= "229 " HEIGHT = "350" > <P>This pint jar was found laying on the ground on January 4, 2009 in amongst some other trash in an illegal dump in Bull Run. A loose metal top allowed enough soil and moisture to get under the lid to create suitable conditions for this Ebony Spleenwort Fern (Asplenium platyneuron) to grow inside the jar.
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![Toad and Snake](javascript:showimage('<H3>April 26, 2009<\/H3> <IMG SRC = " album\/toadsnake.jpg " WIDTH= "480" HEIGHT = "310" > <P> This optimistic eastern garter snake was attempting to swallow this american toad - Bull Run<\/P>')){kind=link}
![Moss Shoe](javascript:showimage('<IMG SRC = " album\/mossshoe.jpg " WIDTH= "400" HEIGHT = "243" > <P> Running shoe found at the Bull Run Dump project covered with an attractive layer of moss<\/P>')){kind=link}
![Rt 28 Illegal Dumping](javascript:showimage('<IMG SRC = " album\/nodumping.jpg " WIDTH= "400" HEIGHT = "300" > <P> An inconsiderate contractor dumped materials from what appears to be a repair to someones sun room or porch project onto the Route 28 Access Point Parking Lot. Included in the debris is a large television antennae.<\/P>')){kind=link}
![Smashed Motorcycle helmet](javascript:showimage('<H3>September 12, 2009 <\/H3> <IMG SRC = " album\/cyclehelmet.jpg " WIDTH= "540" HEIGHT = "400" > <P> Occasionally we come across a piece of trash that seems to have a story to tell such as this smashed motorcycle helmet found along Cub Run near Route 66<\/P>')){kind=link}
![Sandy beach at Mason Neck](javascript:showimage('<H3>June 2009 <\/H3> <IMG SRC = " album\/masonneckbeach.jpg " WIDTH= "400" HEIGHT = "300" > <P> Section of beach at Mason Neck State Park on Belmont Bay looking toward the canoe launch<\/P>')){kind=link}
![Mist over Belmont Bay](javascript:showimage('<IMG SRC = " album\/belmontbay.jpg " WIDTH= "500" HEIGHT = "406" > <P> Kayakers on Belmont Bay - Mason Neck State Park<\/P>')){kind=link}
![Bull Frog in wetland](javascript:showimage('<IMG SRC = " album\/masonfrog.jpg " WIDTH= "400" HEIGHT = "300" > <P> The wetlands of Mason Neck are home to a wide variety of amphibians such as this Bull Frog(Rana catesbeiana).<\/P>')){kind=link}