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Tony, where's Roccco's? Do they do food also, maybe we should go?

I have many old maps and brochures of the trail but nothing of the detail that would support my previous post, nor could I find one on line. I did however find this ammusing site for a hike on the trail for the bargain price of$1000. They will even sell you equipment, check out the menu...

You know Karl, I was thinking, the Donner Party had better digs than you guys, they built cabins. There problem was that they ran out of food, well until they started to improvise. :)

It was once the Batona Trail. I remember the bridge back in the 70's. If you look closely you can still see the pink on trees leading down to it. The Batona Trail has been moved several times along it's route. It used to follow the road from Lower Forge to Quaker Bridge, now it's in the woods...

Great post! Back in my college days I used to climb at the Gunks in New York, I also did some caving in North Jersey but can no longer recall where. Did the animals you found fall down the hole or perhaps come in somewhere else? Great that you solved a 20 year old mystery.

View your picture, under it will be a section called linked thumbnail. Clich the weird icon to the right and select and copy medium image and paste it in your post. Ed

What! no beer ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, illegal drugs, profanity, fireworks, firearms, mini-bikes, ATVs are NOT PERMITTED http://www.indianbranchparkcg.com/rules.htm

Sunday morning The Skit

Karl, we enjoyed meeting you Ann and your friends Saturday morning. An interesting group, especially the guy in the kilt. Did you make the hike to APH? Ed Sunday morning

No Mike, you wern't stupid, I wasn't clear. I belive Devilstoy post that the rangers said she was found safe, it's just that that fact didn't show up in the Central Record article. We will probably never know the whole story. I enjoy your posts. :) Ed

She made the front page of The Central Record, complete with her picture. It is verbatum of the other links about her being missing, nothing about her being found. http://www.southjerseylocalnews.com/articles/2010/01/28/medford_central_record/news/doc4b609c966f7cb511411899.txt

I've occasionally seen rattelers where I frequently hike with my dogs. I only keep one on a 26 foot long retractable line the others run free. She is a 12 Lb terrier who likes to look under every log and crevice, a bad idea. She is used to snakes but I am afraid she might inadvertently stick her...

Do you think she took it for a souvenir? :)

I found about 6 of them grouped together just off the Batona Trail about a decade ago. This was south of APH, about 1/4 mile south of White Horse Road. On the lighter side I found one made up using an old sofa. This was also along the skit between the Carranza Monument and the boot camp. Ed

No Bill, it wasn't me. I drive a tan Jeep Wrangler. I was there about 8:30. I frequently see that blue pick-up running his dogs there. What do you drive, I'll keep a look out? I walk a Great Dane and a white Jack Russell Terrier, we're easy to spot. Look at my avitar. Ed

I found this intact shelter while bushwacking near the Batona Camp this morning. There was no campfire or other disturbance around it. It did appear to have been used, there was a broken flash light in it. How to build a shelter...

Wharton's a big place, it would help to have more information. Also a Denali is a big SUV. I have a Tahoe and there are not many roads I can go down without scratching it. It is very easy to get stuck now. I am avoiding many roads with my TJ because of that and I have no backup.

I don't think so. I've seen grids set up with surveyors tape before to keep some order in a drive. These marks went off in a sort of straight line. I will go back and follow them.

No, it isn't built around a tree, it just looks that way because of a larger stick on the other side. The floor is clear. There was a poor attempt to thatch it with cedar.

They started to overlay it with cedar but didn't finish, no signs of a camp. It is too small to lie down in streched out and it is definitley not a survival shelter, which there is several south of APH.