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Hi, and welcome. I'm relatively new to the board as well, and have found the forum and its inhabitants to be an invaluable resource. All the information you need about the history of the pines is out there and readily available. I located eight or ten sites from what is available on the net with...

Thanks for the offer, Jeff. I wouldn't mind those locations for future use, but no hurry. This time out we're really there for the exploration, and plan to grab some wild berries if we see a good patch. Right in the middle of the ripening process, so there should be a good number around.

Yeah, we won't violate any posted property, and I think you're exactly right about the ticks. We'll see how it goes. More importantly, we want wild berries, not the cultivars that you typically find on a farm. I saw one spot last week with quite a few bushes, and didn't seem to be in a terribly...

Thanks, Chris. I think I see the spot you're talking about. Is it about halfway between Cedar Bridge and Webbs Mill Branch, on the east side? Looks like a wide sand spot at the end of the road back to that big grid of cleared areas, and just south of that trail I think I see what used to be a...

Taking my daughters to the pines this 4th, and we were hoping to get a couple of quarts of blueberries for mom while we're there. I've seen a few bushes around, so we can just stop and grab some, but I wondered if anyone knows a particularly good spot they would be willing to share?

I have a thought, and I hope it is taken in the spirit in which I offer it. I sincerely hope you hear something from Colin, and I understand your anxiety and concern. However, I think it was a mistake to post the personal information regarding his state of mind. I noticed that nothing of this...

Oh geez, I didn't even think about chiggers. We saw adult moths everywhere we went yesterday. Millions of them.

I think we got all of ours on one boggy, lowland trail west of Aserdaten. It was incredibly beautiful back in there. The trail cuts right across a quiet cedar bog where you can smell the pine in the air, and stand still and listen to the cedar waters filtering through. Unfortunately the ticks...

My God were they out in force today. We were in the lowlands west of Aserdaten, and on one road in particular they were crawling up our legs by threes and fours as we walked. We inspected each other often, and I thought I was careful. Had long pants, high top boots, tall socks, sprayed down bare...

PM sent, Badfish.

Of revelance to an earlier point made in this thread: http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2007-06-25-charitable_N.htm

Thanks for posting that. It was a lot cleaner back then. Next time I go through there I might pull some of the crap out.

Not taken that way at all, Jerseyman. Reading your posts (along with those of many others) was one of the things that drew me here. I find your perspective insightful and very informative.

It's an interesting question. We do use taxes to fund all sorts of scientific inquiry. History and archaeology seem not to be in official fashion these days, which is ironic given the public popularity of history and relics of the past. But I think you are being harsh on the wealthy. The U.S...

Just for the record, I would never attempt to "dig it out" as I have neither the skills nor frankly the time. That would definitely be destructive. I'm also not a treasure hunter of any kind, and don't even own a detector. I get the most satisfaction from exploring and learning about the history...

Those are good points, Jerseyman. Are you saying Mount is in private hands? I thought it was on the Wharton State Forest lands. In any event, I have to consider my reaction to the idea that all physical artifacts of history should remain buried and undiscovered until professionals have the...

Looks like the same branches are still there :). I'm curious as to how much, if any, archaeology has been done around these sites? On the one hand my instinct tells me they should have been gone over with a fine-toothed comb, but on the other hand so much of the area is ignored.

Interesting, Guy. Thanks for the info. They looked like park service signs, so I assumed that's where they came from.

Thanks for the replies Guy, and Sue. That matches up with what I guessed based on the site layout and what I've read here. It's a shame the well is filled with debris. I have half a mind to clean it out and see what condition the side walls are in. Oftentimes people tossed things into wells (and...

Hi guys. I mentioned this briefly in another post, but didn't want to get into it further until I had some images. Last Wed. on our trip through Wharton we stopped at Mount and looked around. On the SW corner of the intersection we found a round, stone-lined shaft or pit, approximately 4 to 4.5...