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Not at all :). Bricks are absolutely fascinating. Among the ones I have seen are Sayer and Fischer, M.D. Valentine, a partial Ocean Co. 1850 from the Union Clay site, and of course lots of pieces. Turning one over is like scratching a lottery ticket for me, and the rewards are just as scarce...

James, you've become the premier reporter on the board :). Both the Smithville post and this one are excellent.

Well, congrats to you too :).

I'm cool with it if they're on the roads and existing trails. It would suck if you happened to have gone out for some peace and quiet that day :).

We passed by there on Sunday, and came to the conclusion that it was a controlled burn based on the freshly plowed firebreak ditches.

Yeah, that was a little tongue and cheek. My daughter's cell phone has a little tab on the battery. If she gets it wet this thing turns a red color and the guy at Verizon can laugh at her when she says "I don't know why it stopped working." They need a mud tab to go under the fenders of 4WD...

It could be a reason, but I don't think the people who did that damage at Mount had much interest in exploring anything. They go out there because it's an obstacle course. There's no sense trying to smooth that over. Lewis and Clark these guys ain't. I'm not a tree-hugging type, or given to...

It must have healed up some in the last year, because I was by there numerous times, including being down in that cellar hole poking around, and I never noticed anything like what I see there now. 46er, I agree with you. Many people don't know what those depressions are, and that's the...

That geological explanation makes a ton of sense when you illustrate it with the topo that way, Bob. Thanks for posting it. So, in terms of plant growth, might it be that these isolated highlands just don't retain moisture well enough? Seems to me that being primarily sandstone and loose sand...

When I was a boy we skated in the swamps behind our place in northern Indiana. Depending on the water level when the freeze came, it would be a different surreal world every year. Night skating with flashlights and surreptitiously-obtained flasks of medicinal liquids was the best :).

Excellent, Jeff. Those clearings look completely untouched. When I first started exploring the Barrens I assumed all such clearings must at some point have been the result of human activity, but now I assume the opposite: that most of them probably are natural. But I have no idea what forms...

Just awesome, Gabe. Thanks a lot for posting the pics. Congrats on an important piece of work.

Well, it was an unusually fine day to be out and about in the Barrens. I wish all I had to talk about was what a great time we had with the dogs, hiking the causeways around Friendship bogs and enjoying the unseasonable weather. Instead I find myself seething over another act of wanton...

Was he born with that scuba gear on? ;) Congrats!

Mmmm, 2.5 ounces of nutrition-free goodness ;)

I was thinking the same thing :). Great little skatin' pond.

Great stuff, James! And what a fantastic new companion for your journeys. I have a young Lab here and I am looking forward to getting down there with him, perhaps this weekend.

Wow, what a phenomenal shot. Well done.

Friend of mine rented one of the cabins at Atsion for a week this summer. Very cheap. Interiors are quite rustic, like a traditonal hunting cabin. Definitely no-frills, but great for a relaxing escape.

It's been that way for awhile, unfortunately. Kids.