This morning we had a few hours and ventured into the woods far behind the pig farm off of 72. It was fairly early and very quiet and I actually mentioned to Jessica that we were all along back there. Would you believe that when we were getting close to our intended location there was a truck parked at an intersection and looking down the road there was a man about the exact spot we wanted to go and he was walking towards us. He was just spending some time apparently enjoying the morning walking with two water bottles in his hand. I bet we were the only people out there most of the day and he was where I wanted to go. Odd!
Anyway, our goal was to find another Control Station that we had looked for back in 2007. This one should have been flush with the ground right in the middle of a road. Arriving there today I noticed this clue.
A close inspection showed a large nail in it.
Looking around the area we came up with other blazes and eventually I was able to find the station about 8 inches underground.
It really interested me as to why it was so deep when it should have been flush with the ground. It was on the top of a whoop-de-do which got me to thinking. I believe that the lower portions of a whoop-de-do are actually the original road height and the upper portions have had the sand pushed up onto them making them higher. This would explain as to why this one was deep underground.
I took this before I found it underground.
Guy