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Welcome, Kerosene. Bobpbx might just have your answer. He's an old man and is probably asleep by now. Wait 'til the morn.

Damn, Boyd. Your sunset picture gets better every time I look at it. What the hell kind of camera do you use?

Do these stories involve skinny-dipping? Seems like that has been a popular pastime on those ponds.

Nice, Boyd! You've got quite a backyard. The sunset picture gets two thumbs up.

Ha! :)

Enjoy, Scott. That's a beautiful place to spend part of your Christmas day.

Ben, Lake Fred at Stockton College is an example of a former bog. There are plenty of stumps in there.

Which is the 3rd lake?

Tom, I suspect that the "old road" you saw was a bog causeway. Probably some cranberryin' going on there in times past.

Merry Christmas, everyone. Odin lives!

And you would not be mistaken. These ditches certainly do drain the marshland and deplete the small ponds of stillwater to some extent, thus contributing to mosquito control. I would think that this is somewhat insignificant compared to the work that the fish do. Something I am curious...

Ben, I was surprised at how stable the mud is in those marshes. The tractor I came upon was much bigger and heavier than that in the photo you linked to.

Ben, those are mosquito control ditches. They allow fish to swim up and eat the larvae. During high tide this past Fall, my friend and I took his boat up one of them and came upon a tractor that had recently dug a new ditch.

Sounds kinda Buddhist, doesn't it?

Bob, I can see your point and that is no doubt where my friend is coming from on this, but to place cross-country hiking in the "environmentally irresponsible" category is unjustifiable to me. I'd like to get my friend to come on here to present his case.

Nice, Steve!

Bob, nice shot of Guy saving face! I really was impressed with your recovery, Guy. Oh, and, Bob, thanks for keeping that beautiful stretch of stream all to yourself.:jeffd: :)

Guy, don't hold back because some people are easily annoyed. Good points from the both of you, though. It just seems like a sad scenario where we would neglect 99.9% of the Pines by committing oneself to staying on established trails.....

Today, a friend and I were discussing the impact on the environment that hiking off the trail has. He is of the persuasion that hiking off-trail has a negative impact on the ecosystem and should be avoided as much as possible. What do you guys think?

I found a dozen or so crawling on me the other day....:bang: