Al,
Today was another early morning start in the never ending search for property stones. Armed with an ever increasing library of clues we started our morning in the quest for the “Shingle Stone.” This particular stones is somewhat of a mystery to me; however, I am going to assume the owner of the property at one time was named Shingle. The first one to arrive was Jessica, and she had the distinction of finding the first stone of the day.
Next we bushwhacked through an interesting Cedar Swamp heading for our next destination named the “Blue Stone.” On our way there Al noticed a snare right in the middle of the road. They had downed a tree and placed the snare under it almost forcing any animal who traveled the road to go thought it. A little investigating reveled there was a copper band which most likely revealed the owners info. The snare appeared to be legal, and since I was enlightened from Ben’s incident with disturbing a snare, we left it alone.
Notice the snare with vegetation hooked to it for camouflage.
Then to the Blue Stone which isn’t blue at all. Someone is colored blind!
Another Cedar Swamp was on our route, and in the middle of it I found the huge remains of the base of a cedar tree that I would have loved to have viewed when it was alive. Al would have fit inside the hole in it.
Then a long walk ahead to a stone we spent many hours researching and looking for in the past. This time we were better prepared and arrived there to dismal results. Jessica fell down and could not get up, and while helping her up I saw what we had come for. Unfortunately, it was anti climatic since the stone was really small. This was the intersection of the Society and Scott line, and we thought it would have been more impressive.
Arriving back at the cars we were accosted by the Park Service Police on an ATV who questioned what we were doing. Fortunately, our knowledge of the state property in the area allowed us to prove to them beyond a shadow of a doubt that were had been traveling on state property legally. That and a few pertinent photo’s in my camera, along with Jessica being with us and Al’s excellent conversation with them, we were quickly left alone to continue on. It was obvious though that if you drove down that road on an unregistered motorcycle which were in abundance in the woods nearby, you were toast!
The next couple locations were equally dismal and one was quite challenging, Jessica came out of that one with quite a few bruises from falling down. She also lost her hat and water bottle forcing us to retrace our steps back thought the nightmare to find them. When we arrived at the next road we ran her over with the car and left her there. Maybe by tomorrow someone will go down this road and find her.
We then visited a few more stones. Al names them all different so they are not accidently deleted from his GPS, so he may post their names.
And finally, while exploring the woods we came upon this hunters tree house. It was not on state property but rumor has it there was a comfortable folding chair in it, along with a nice table, a heater with a propane tank outside, sliding plexiglass windows, and the most amazing urinal ever made. Something about just stepping out the door and using a gasoline funnel bolted to the railing with a pipe leading to the ground to drain it. Nothing like creature comfort while you shoot the creatures.
Guy
Today was another early morning start in the never ending search for property stones. Armed with an ever increasing library of clues we started our morning in the quest for the “Shingle Stone.” This particular stones is somewhat of a mystery to me; however, I am going to assume the owner of the property at one time was named Shingle. The first one to arrive was Jessica, and she had the distinction of finding the first stone of the day.
Next we bushwhacked through an interesting Cedar Swamp heading for our next destination named the “Blue Stone.” On our way there Al noticed a snare right in the middle of the road. They had downed a tree and placed the snare under it almost forcing any animal who traveled the road to go thought it. A little investigating reveled there was a copper band which most likely revealed the owners info. The snare appeared to be legal, and since I was enlightened from Ben’s incident with disturbing a snare, we left it alone.
Notice the snare with vegetation hooked to it for camouflage.
Then to the Blue Stone which isn’t blue at all. Someone is colored blind!
Another Cedar Swamp was on our route, and in the middle of it I found the huge remains of the base of a cedar tree that I would have loved to have viewed when it was alive. Al would have fit inside the hole in it.
Then a long walk ahead to a stone we spent many hours researching and looking for in the past. This time we were better prepared and arrived there to dismal results. Jessica fell down and could not get up, and while helping her up I saw what we had come for. Unfortunately, it was anti climatic since the stone was really small. This was the intersection of the Society and Scott line, and we thought it would have been more impressive.
Arriving back at the cars we were accosted by the Park Service Police on an ATV who questioned what we were doing. Fortunately, our knowledge of the state property in the area allowed us to prove to them beyond a shadow of a doubt that were had been traveling on state property legally. That and a few pertinent photo’s in my camera, along with Jessica being with us and Al’s excellent conversation with them, we were quickly left alone to continue on. It was obvious though that if you drove down that road on an unregistered motorcycle which were in abundance in the woods nearby, you were toast!
The next couple locations were equally dismal and one was quite challenging, Jessica came out of that one with quite a few bruises from falling down. She also lost her hat and water bottle forcing us to retrace our steps back thought the nightmare to find them. When we arrived at the next road we ran her over with the car and left her there. Maybe by tomorrow someone will go down this road and find her.
We then visited a few more stones. Al names them all different so they are not accidently deleted from his GPS, so he may post their names.
And finally, while exploring the woods we came upon this hunters tree house. It was not on state property but rumor has it there was a comfortable folding chair in it, along with a nice table, a heater with a propane tank outside, sliding plexiglass windows, and the most amazing urinal ever made. Something about just stepping out the door and using a gasoline funnel bolted to the railing with a pipe leading to the ground to drain it. Nothing like creature comfort while you shoot the creatures.
Guy
As to stone names I think I will name the one after the jessica road pizza photo the white stone since we remarked how white it was.The one below that would be the T.C. stone I guess for obvious reasons to all present and the one i found today after you and jess split i will name the compton stone and if any of the others are found it will become the compton SE stone for the se corner. The tough area 1 stone we found I guess could be the tough stone but that one wasn't tough at all so how about the rebar stone? We do need to go over all the stones down here and make sure we have the same names for em.My gps will eat a stone quick if it is too similar to another one in it.
