Oh, my what a great day it was in the Plains! You guys missed it. Here is my track:
http://forums.njpinebarrens.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10011/Plains_photo.JPG
Where I was the trees were only knee-high most of the day. I noticed that the pines branch as soon as they sprout, making them more like prostrate bushes. It was easy walking, and very quiet, with only the sighing of the wind. I would come upon a patch of white sand or white gravel, and just marvel how far I could see, and how clean it was out there. But, even so, in the plains you often find odd things. In a stream bed I found a mixture of parts that had washed in from a small dumping spot. There were mostly metal parts as if a car had one time sat there; more like a lawn mower now that I think about it. And I did find where something apparantly fell out of the sky; aluminum pieces and fittings with part numbers; most likely from the bombing range.
You can see I veered into the bombing range a tad. My mistake. I did not realize I named 2 waypoints "border". I got confused until I realized it. There is no border fence here. I was thinking about you today Jeff, and laughed out loud about the time you got lost and ended up on the runway in your motorcyle! I could pratically see you...cranking through the gears on the runway, dusk coming on fast, and wondering how you got there. It must have been partly thrilling too, to think you violated everything known out there, and that you were probably the only one to run down there on a motorcycle!
I followed one leg of the stream that empties into the pond all the way to the end, at the top of a ridge. I love doing that sort of thing. It was a stream, then the higher I went an intermittant stream, then damp moss, then damp sand, then the sand got drier, until I reached the point where I knew the water underground actually moved down toward the pond. That is the next waypoint north of Upfinal.
I ate my hoagie on tip-top. Very cool. I love it out there.
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