All,
Back on November 26 all the members of PBX received the below email from Bob outlining our next PBX outing that I designed. I wanted to visit area's of Wharton that very few people know about, and as we found out today, that is true except for hunters.
Boys, you have do yer Christmas Shopping over the next two weekends if you want to make this trip! When she reminds you that you promised to take her to her mothers on the 18th, pretend like you don’t know what the hell she’s talking about!
Because on Saturday, December 18th, we are going to hit the woods and swamps once again, in order to explore the day away. The title of this trip is…. “Springer's, Savannas, and Spungs of Shamong”. That name is very telling boys, because we’ll be visiting them all. We’ll be just east of route 206 in Shamong Township. Read ‘em an weep boys if you can’t make it, cause we are ending at the Pic, and by God, any man that makes it all the way will just have to get a cold one! It ‘taint overly long boys, less than 5 mile. So if you’re willing, and it don’t snow a foot, and your old lady don’t care, then meet us at the Picca-Lilli Inn at 8:45am on Saturday, the 18th of December. Give me a shout via email if you can make it.
Happy Trails boys….!
So after being told by the good folks at the Pic where to park, we met there this morning as planned. Then off to the start of our hike much further north in wine country off of 206. We soon were traveling in very old bogs which we did for most of the day.
Bog bank.
The boys checking out animal tracks in the snow.
One of the many frozen meadows we visited.
An old weir between the bogs.
Close-up
Another one.
Mickey pondering the route ahead.
ATVs have invaded almost every one.
Jeff in a hole
An impromptu group photo. From left to right Chris, Tom, Mickey, Bob in the distance, and Jeff.
And we visited Shangri La. A wonderful meadow surrounded by cedars where we ate lunch in the sun under the canopy of the cedar trees. Notice the lack of vegitation on the bottom of the cedars. This is the result of deer feeding on the trees.
In the middle of Shangri La there was a small icy area, and we were amazed to see that coyote have been spending quite a bit of time there. Maybe playing, or maybe fighting, and every mark you see in the snow made by them. Jeff may be placing a game camera there one day.
A wonderful place for lunch. Warm and inviting.
More ATV damage in a meadow.
And we had to stone search and here was our first find. A very solid and semi large stone.
Chris using the facilities we found. There were cock roaches on the wall.
At one point we had to make sure we were on Wharton property, and I knew we had a small easement of about 70 feet where we legally could make it through to our destination. So we searched for the evidence to keep us where we needed to be.
The stone on one corner.
And the stone on the other corner. This one is buried in a road and I had to poke around to find it. At this point we could see people in their yard watching us, so we had to find these to continue on without trouble.
And just before the sun set we arrived at our final destination coming through the woods from behind it. It was time for dinner at the Pic, and Bob, Tom, Chris, and I did just that.
As we always do at the end of a hike we all gave our opinions of the day and a rating. With 10 being the highest you can see how the day fared.
Now, here is a photo that some of you may not want to see so if you don't want to see a dead deer DO NO CLICK ON THIS LINK! It had tried to make it through a fence and became stuck, and other animals had taken advantage of it's predicament.
Again, do not click this link if you are disturbed by dead animals.
http://home.comcast.net/~teegate1/IMG_6067.JPG
Now to the video's.
Here is Jeff making his way across a canal.
And this shows the aftermath of a huge tree falling in the woods.
Guy
Back on November 26 all the members of PBX received the below email from Bob outlining our next PBX outing that I designed. I wanted to visit area's of Wharton that very few people know about, and as we found out today, that is true except for hunters.
Boys, you have do yer Christmas Shopping over the next two weekends if you want to make this trip! When she reminds you that you promised to take her to her mothers on the 18th, pretend like you don’t know what the hell she’s talking about!
Because on Saturday, December 18th, we are going to hit the woods and swamps once again, in order to explore the day away. The title of this trip is…. “Springer's, Savannas, and Spungs of Shamong”. That name is very telling boys, because we’ll be visiting them all. We’ll be just east of route 206 in Shamong Township. Read ‘em an weep boys if you can’t make it, cause we are ending at the Pic, and by God, any man that makes it all the way will just have to get a cold one! It ‘taint overly long boys, less than 5 mile. So if you’re willing, and it don’t snow a foot, and your old lady don’t care, then meet us at the Picca-Lilli Inn at 8:45am on Saturday, the 18th of December. Give me a shout via email if you can make it.
Happy Trails boys….!
So after being told by the good folks at the Pic where to park, we met there this morning as planned. Then off to the start of our hike much further north in wine country off of 206. We soon were traveling in very old bogs which we did for most of the day.
Bog bank.
The boys checking out animal tracks in the snow.
One of the many frozen meadows we visited.
An old weir between the bogs.
Close-up
Another one.
Mickey pondering the route ahead.
ATVs have invaded almost every one.
Jeff in a hole
An impromptu group photo. From left to right Chris, Tom, Mickey, Bob in the distance, and Jeff.
And we visited Shangri La. A wonderful meadow surrounded by cedars where we ate lunch in the sun under the canopy of the cedar trees. Notice the lack of vegitation on the bottom of the cedars. This is the result of deer feeding on the trees.
In the middle of Shangri La there was a small icy area, and we were amazed to see that coyote have been spending quite a bit of time there. Maybe playing, or maybe fighting, and every mark you see in the snow made by them. Jeff may be placing a game camera there one day.
A wonderful place for lunch. Warm and inviting.
More ATV damage in a meadow.
And we had to stone search and here was our first find. A very solid and semi large stone.
Chris using the facilities we found. There were cock roaches on the wall.
At one point we had to make sure we were on Wharton property, and I knew we had a small easement of about 70 feet where we legally could make it through to our destination. So we searched for the evidence to keep us where we needed to be.
The stone on one corner.
And the stone on the other corner. This one is buried in a road and I had to poke around to find it. At this point we could see people in their yard watching us, so we had to find these to continue on without trouble.
And just before the sun set we arrived at our final destination coming through the woods from behind it. It was time for dinner at the Pic, and Bob, Tom, Chris, and I did just that.
As we always do at the end of a hike we all gave our opinions of the day and a rating. With 10 being the highest you can see how the day fared.
Now, here is a photo that some of you may not want to see so if you don't want to see a dead deer DO NO CLICK ON THIS LINK! It had tried to make it through a fence and became stuck, and other animals had taken advantage of it's predicament.
Again, do not click this link if you are disturbed by dead animals.
http://home.comcast.net/~teegate1/IMG_6067.JPG
Now to the video's.
Here is Jeff making his way across a canal.
And this shows the aftermath of a huge tree falling in the woods.
Guy
