A morning search

[TeeGate]

All,

We headed out this morning with two goals in mind, one to find a foundation in Lebanon Forest that I have been meaning to search for, and to find a southern pitcher plant that is not found in many places in the pines. They actually do not grow normally in NJ, and have been introduced as BobM and others have mentioned before.

The foundation we did not spend much time looking for, but the pitcher plant we acquired a few photo's of.


http://www.njpinebarrens.com/~teegate/8142004/IMG_3992.jpg

http://www.njpinebarrens.com/~teegate/8142004/IMG_4002.jpg

A future meal in the form of an ant :)

http://www.njpinebarrens.com/~teegate/8142004/IMG_3993.jpg

Looking in

http://www.njpinebarrens.com/~teegate/8142004/IMG_3994.jpg


In the same swamp we saw this.

http://www.njpinebarrens.com/~teegate/8142004/IMG_4003.jpg


We then took a ride through Lebanon, and I noticed that since the last time I was at one of the gaging stations it has gone high tech. There is a small propane building now next to it, with a line running into station, a new antenna for communicating with it, and solar panels attached to a tree above it.

http://www.njpinebarrens.com/~teegate/8142004/IMG_4019.JPG

From there we headed into Chatsworth and I did a quick survey of some locations I need to get GPS coordinates for the USGS. From there we headed home.


Guy

[Bobbleton]

that usgs station you photo'd is very near to a "secret spot". its the site of an ongoing rutgers experiment invlolving cedar swamp succession and the perfect sphagnum bog. its pretty cool.

-Bob

[TeeGate]

that usgs station you photo'd is very near to a "secret spot". its the site of an ongoing rutgers experiment invlolving cedar swamp succession and the perfect sphagnum bog. its pretty cool.

-Bob

It may not be such a "secret spot". And if this is not it, there is another "secret spot" near there.

http://www.njpinebarrens.com/~teegate/research.jpg


Guy

[Bobbleton]

that's not it. though i'm interested in what the other one is . . .

-Bob

[TeeGate]

that's not it. though i'm interested in what the other one is . . .

-Bob

Ben took me there and he knew what was going on there. I can't exactly remember.

Guy

[Boyd]

I haven't been there in a couple years, but not too far from that gaging station there used to be a little clearing in the woods with a small building that has a transmitter and other stuff. I remember wondering what it was and why it was hidden.

[TeeGate]

I haven't been there in a couple years, but not too far from that gaging station there used to be a little clearing in the woods with a small building that has a transmitter and other stuff. I remember wondering what it was and why it was hidden.

I was at a clearing yesterday near there, and it had been recently bulldozed, and there were remnants of a cement building off to the edge of the clearing. It was bring used by dirt bikes when we arrived.

http://terraserver-usa.com/image.aspx?t=1&s=11&x=1353&y=11041&z=18&w=1

You can see where the building I assume was located here

http://terraserver-usa.com/image.aspx?t=2&s=11&x=1353&y=11041&z=18&w=1


Guy

[bobpbx]

I haven't been there in a couple years, but not too far from that gaging station there used to be a little clearing in the woods with a small building that has a transmitter and other stuff. I remember wondering what it was and why it was hidden.

I was at a clearing yesterday near there, and it had been recently bulldozed, and there were remnants of a cement building off to the edge of the clearing. It was bring used by dirt bikes when we arrived.

http://terraserver-usa.com/image.aspx?t=1&s=11&x=1353&y=11041&z=18&w=1

You can see where the building I assume was located here

http://terraserver-usa.com/image.aspx?t=2&s=11&x=1353&y=11041&z=18&w=1


Guy

That was a gravel pit we used to have a beer party in once in awhile when I lived in Presidential Lakes........... :guinness:

[TeeGate]

That was a gravel pit we used to have a beer party in once in awhile when I lived in Presidential Lakes........... :guinness:


It looks like a party area! The problem with it is that there is no back way out when and if you needed it in an emergency :)

But in that area is the "wall in the woods" which I semi looked for yesterday. In the fall I will spend more time there looking if it was not the building that was there, which seems unlikely now.

Guy

[bobpbx]

That was a gravel pit we used to have a beer party in once in awhile when I lived in Presidential Lakes........... :guinness:


It looks like a party area! The problem with it is that there is no back way out when and if you needed it in an emergency :)

But in that area is the "wall in the woods" which I semi looked for yesterday. In the fall I will spend more time there looking if it was not the building that was there, which seems unlikely now.

Guy

Hey, how does this little pond/savanahh look for a little explore? Did you go there? Its just Northeast of that spot..........

http://terraserver-usa.com/image.aspx?t=1&s=10&x=2708&y=22085&z=18&w=1

[BEHR655]

That looks sweet!

[TeeGate]

That may be the secret spot!

Guy

[TeeGate]

Hey, how does this little pond/savanahh look for a little explore? Did you go there? Its just Northeast of that spot..........

http://terraserver-usa.com/image.aspx?t=1&s=10&x=2708&y=22085&z=18&w=1

I visted there this past weekend.

http://mywebpages.comcast.net/teegate/pbx/swamp.jpg

Guy