All,
Some photo's from my explorations this holiday weekend.
On Thanksgiving morning Jessica and I searched for more of the Rider stones and came up empty. Because of that I did not take any photo's. On Friday morning Jessica and I met up with Al (manumuskin) to some some exploring on the Maurice River. We met early and canoed across the river to look for a Geodetic Monument that was on our route. Unfortunately, the 8 foot of beach had washed away over the years and the ground around the monument had washed away. We found it under the water by using a paddle and then reaching in with our arms.
Here is Al poking for the monument along the shore. You can see the witness post just above his head. In 1970 is was 8 feet from the shore line.
Our main goal was to make our way by canoe to a location on an upland area where Al had discovered an old homestead by using HistoricAerials. The road to this farm is no longer there and he wanted to visit the location and see what we could find. On our way there jessica took this photo as she sat in the middle of the canoe.
The Maurice River.
Here is a video as we tried to make our way through the phragmites. In the end we were not able to make it there and we had to give up on our quest.
Jessica taking the video of my back.
http://youtu.be/DjW_J39-pL8
Ted Gordon has been interested in my stone searching finds, and especially my Rockwood explorations. Earlier this year we made a decision to go this November and earlier this week he wrote me to set up a date and time. Saturday was the day, and at 8AM we met at Atsion and headed out for me to take him to them. I had expected flooding, but the area which is quite remote was deeper than expected. Jessica and Ted had slightly shorter boots than I did and ultimately they both had wet feet.
Ted and Jessica reaching the stone. They both were troopers.
I used blue street chalk to bring out the letters. If the stone looks familiar it is my Avatar. Notice how wet Ted's pants are.
Because Al, Jessica, and I were not able to make our intended goal on Friday, Al and I decided to make a very early attempt this morning to get there by foot. So long before sunrise I headed down and met up with Al just as the sun was coming up.
A 1956 aerial of the homestead we wanted to visit.
Within 5 minutes Al was soaked. This shows him standing on the ruins that the red arrow points to in the above photo. Sorry for the blurry photo but it was semi dark. You can see the sun just starting to come up behind Al.
We also found the house ruins but for the most part not much was there. We did find this unusual item further from the house and have no idea what it is. I was thinking an outhouse but it was too far from the house for that to be true. Plus, the house seems more modern. In any event, does anyone have an idea?
By 8:20 this morning we were finished and I was home by 9:25.
Guy
Some photo's from my explorations this holiday weekend.
On Thanksgiving morning Jessica and I searched for more of the Rider stones and came up empty. Because of that I did not take any photo's. On Friday morning Jessica and I met up with Al (manumuskin) to some some exploring on the Maurice River. We met early and canoed across the river to look for a Geodetic Monument that was on our route. Unfortunately, the 8 foot of beach had washed away over the years and the ground around the monument had washed away. We found it under the water by using a paddle and then reaching in with our arms.
Here is Al poking for the monument along the shore. You can see the witness post just above his head. In 1970 is was 8 feet from the shore line.
Our main goal was to make our way by canoe to a location on an upland area where Al had discovered an old homestead by using HistoricAerials. The road to this farm is no longer there and he wanted to visit the location and see what we could find. On our way there jessica took this photo as she sat in the middle of the canoe.
The Maurice River.
Here is a video as we tried to make our way through the phragmites. In the end we were not able to make it there and we had to give up on our quest.
Jessica taking the video of my back.
http://youtu.be/DjW_J39-pL8
Ted Gordon has been interested in my stone searching finds, and especially my Rockwood explorations. Earlier this year we made a decision to go this November and earlier this week he wrote me to set up a date and time. Saturday was the day, and at 8AM we met at Atsion and headed out for me to take him to them. I had expected flooding, but the area which is quite remote was deeper than expected. Jessica and Ted had slightly shorter boots than I did and ultimately they both had wet feet.
Ted and Jessica reaching the stone. They both were troopers.
I used blue street chalk to bring out the letters. If the stone looks familiar it is my Avatar. Notice how wet Ted's pants are.
Because Al, Jessica, and I were not able to make our intended goal on Friday, Al and I decided to make a very early attempt this morning to get there by foot. So long before sunrise I headed down and met up with Al just as the sun was coming up.
A 1956 aerial of the homestead we wanted to visit.
Within 5 minutes Al was soaked. This shows him standing on the ruins that the red arrow points to in the above photo. Sorry for the blurry photo but it was semi dark. You can see the sun just starting to come up behind Al.
We also found the house ruins but for the most part not much was there. We did find this unusual item further from the house and have no idea what it is. I was thinking an outhouse but it was too far from the house for that to be true. Plus, the house seems more modern. In any event, does anyone have an idea?
By 8:20 this morning we were finished and I was home by 9:25.
Guy
