We spend the early morning exploring along the Chamberlain branch about a half mile off of 539, unsuccessfully looking for a Lawrence Line stone. We were greeted quite often by shooting at the gun club on the Chamberlain by 539. It was really loud.
From there we searched every mile for a while still unsuccessfully. At that point we headed towards Laurie's road and came upon a few people leaving the Union Clay Graves and a few men a short way away unloading corn and what looked like sweet potatoes. I can't figure out what they were doing with that
On Laurie's road we had noticed what we thought was surveying not far from where I mentioned a few weeks back Winzinger may be opening the sand mine. I was not sure if the survey tape on Laurie's road was related to the sand mining but I think it may be. It appears that maybe the WMA is doing some water testing in the low areas maybe in preparation for trying to block the attempt to open it. I could be completely wrong and only time will tell.
Then we traveled to the Friendship area and we found a state monument. These have different markings than most of them, and are newer. I believe the 83 on them is the year it was surveyed. That would coincided with the following months after the Friendship property was purchased by the state.
We also found the stone separating the Lee property and the Parker Preserve, formerly the property of Garfield DeMarco. The yellow paint is indicative of the paint used during the 1983 survey that is found near or on almost all of the Friendship Bogs survey monuments or stones.
I stopped in at the Eagle Point gun club on Eagle road and spoke with the elderly men there. They tried to recruit me into doing their wood chopping which I promptly declined I was then asked if I was a hunter, and my slow reply prompted one of the men to point me to the property line. He was joking of course since they are a friendly group of men.
In any event I talked for a while, left, and returned to talk again. The conversation turned to where we all lived and I was informed that the man I was talking to the first time lived in the small farm town my mom grew up in. It turns out he knew my great grandparents, my grandparents, and my moms sister's husband. In fact he had worked with him for many years. A small world.
Guy
From there we searched every mile for a while still unsuccessfully. At that point we headed towards Laurie's road and came upon a few people leaving the Union Clay Graves and a few men a short way away unloading corn and what looked like sweet potatoes. I can't figure out what they were doing with that
On Laurie's road we had noticed what we thought was surveying not far from where I mentioned a few weeks back Winzinger may be opening the sand mine. I was not sure if the survey tape on Laurie's road was related to the sand mining but I think it may be. It appears that maybe the WMA is doing some water testing in the low areas maybe in preparation for trying to block the attempt to open it. I could be completely wrong and only time will tell.
Then we traveled to the Friendship area and we found a state monument. These have different markings than most of them, and are newer. I believe the 83 on them is the year it was surveyed. That would coincided with the following months after the Friendship property was purchased by the state.
We also found the stone separating the Lee property and the Parker Preserve, formerly the property of Garfield DeMarco. The yellow paint is indicative of the paint used during the 1983 survey that is found near or on almost all of the Friendship Bogs survey monuments or stones.
I stopped in at the Eagle Point gun club on Eagle road and spoke with the elderly men there. They tried to recruit me into doing their wood chopping which I promptly declined
I was then asked if I was a hunter, and my slow reply prompted one of the men to point me to the property line. He was joking of course since they are a friendly group of men. In any event I talked for a while, left, and returned to talk again. The conversation turned to where we all lived and I was informed that the man I was talking to the first time lived in the small farm town my mom grew up in. It turns out he knew my great grandparents, my grandparents, and my moms sister's husband. In fact he had worked with him for many years. A small world.
Guy
