All,
After being rescheduled from October 25 because of rain, it was decided last evening to go ahead with our plans to take on the woods behind Chatsworth Lake even with rain in the forecast for today. With future hikes in the process of being scheduled, we did not want to push this one back and cause scheduling problems for others. So at 8:45 this morning some members of our PBX hiking club met on 532 by Chatsworth Lake where the canal crosses under the road. Joining us on this hike for the first time was Manumuskin (AL). The members of PBX were Bob, Me, Scott, Tom, Gabe, and Bob’s dog Buddy.
Our first agenda was to travel to the start of our hike on White Horse Road, where we would being our journey across the Parker Preserve property. The weather was good, our spirits were high, and the unknown was ahead as we entered the woods. After bushwhacking for a while and finding a small gutted deer, we hit this road.
Nearby in the woods we found this huge corn feeder and Tom checked it out.
As you would expect there was a tree stand, and this one was really high. Obviously, I had to check it out.
I could almost see Mt. Everest!
Since Jeff was not there this hunter did not have to witness the moon
He will see a few ugly mugs, and oh yes, my camera.
Buddy! My favorite PBX member.
As usual, Bob checking out the plants. I would not want it any other way.
One of the many odd canals and man made dikes.
I always look over the aerial photo at HistoricalAerials.com, and noticed an area that appeared to be a building in 1956. After visiting it we think it was a dump. There is a large cellar like hole there with all kinds of car parts and other small items. This area was all blueberry fields and it looks like they discarded their equipment parts at this location.
You can see how far down Bob is in this hole.
I also noticed another building in the 1956 aerial so we checked that out also.
This one turned out to be what we think was just a garage.
By this time it was raining and we were getting quite wet, so we picked up the pace as we were getting close to the end. We had to cross a few area’s where Bob had some concerns, but the dry conditions made them quite easy to cross.
It was not as dark as this photo shows, but it was dark.
This is I believe the location where the sand was dug for the DeMarco bogs when they “sanded” the bogs. Sand is used each year to cover the bogs to increase yield.
And this last photo shows Route 532 from the far end of Chatsworth Lake. As you ride by there the next time you now will know what it looks like from the other end.
Despite the rain I enjoyed myself immensely. I want to thank Manumuskin for joining us today, and I also want to thank all the participating members for a day to remember.
Guy
After being rescheduled from October 25 because of rain, it was decided last evening to go ahead with our plans to take on the woods behind Chatsworth Lake even with rain in the forecast for today. With future hikes in the process of being scheduled, we did not want to push this one back and cause scheduling problems for others. So at 8:45 this morning some members of our PBX hiking club met on 532 by Chatsworth Lake where the canal crosses under the road. Joining us on this hike for the first time was Manumuskin (AL). The members of PBX were Bob, Me, Scott, Tom, Gabe, and Bob’s dog Buddy.
Our first agenda was to travel to the start of our hike on White Horse Road, where we would being our journey across the Parker Preserve property. The weather was good, our spirits were high, and the unknown was ahead as we entered the woods. After bushwhacking for a while and finding a small gutted deer, we hit this road.
Nearby in the woods we found this huge corn feeder and Tom checked it out.
As you would expect there was a tree stand, and this one was really high. Obviously, I had to check it out.
I could almost see Mt. Everest!
Since Jeff was not there this hunter did not have to witness the moon
He will see a few ugly mugs, and oh yes, my camera.
Buddy! My favorite PBX member.
As usual, Bob checking out the plants. I would not want it any other way.
One of the many odd canals and man made dikes.
I always look over the aerial photo at HistoricalAerials.com, and noticed an area that appeared to be a building in 1956. After visiting it we think it was a dump. There is a large cellar like hole there with all kinds of car parts and other small items. This area was all blueberry fields and it looks like they discarded their equipment parts at this location.
You can see how far down Bob is in this hole.
I also noticed another building in the 1956 aerial so we checked that out also.
This one turned out to be what we think was just a garage.
By this time it was raining and we were getting quite wet, so we picked up the pace as we were getting close to the end. We had to cross a few area’s where Bob had some concerns, but the dry conditions made them quite easy to cross.
It was not as dark as this photo shows, but it was dark.
This is I believe the location where the sand was dug for the DeMarco bogs when they “sanded” the bogs. Sand is used each year to cover the bogs to increase yield.
And this last photo shows Route 532 from the far end of Chatsworth Lake. As you ride by there the next time you now will know what it looks like from the other end.
Despite the rain I enjoyed myself immensely. I want to thank Manumuskin for joining us today, and I also want to thank all the participating members for a day to remember.
Guy
