This morning when we left the house it was still dark as we headed toward Parkdale to look for the stone mentioned above. Upon arrival it was chilly and I was beginning to think I was under dressed. Because the bridge has burned Jessica refused to walk across it so we had to enter at Dutchtown on 206 and drive and walk the rest of the way to our destination. We have been at that point before and found a tree with a nail in it pointing to the location of the first Wharton monument that we still have no found.
On our way through the reeds I took this of sunrise.
Making it to the tree with the nail was somewhat easy but the future was not so certain.
This is all that is left of Fleming Pike at this location. A once great road is no more.
Because of the lack of water everywhere that usually is 2 feet underwater because of beaver, it is completely dry and we walked on ground that has been flooded for a year.
You can see the second Wharton monument at the bottom left corner. Parkdale in the 50's when the state acquired Wharton was still partially owned by others. I am standing on what was private property.
Looking back it was obvious we were going to have a tough time seeing because of sun glare.
It didn't take much longer for me to decide that I would wait another year and go myself on this adventure. I kept falling down crossing all of the logs and Jessica is still recovering from a leg injury on a previous outing.
Then to the Parker Preserve where I noticed odd things in the woods that I wanted to check out. It was a tent someone had abandoned.
I just have to say that the Parkdale area is a mess. The beavers have destroyed that place killing thousands of trees and removing hundreds of acres of upland that I use to roam on. The road is a mess and rotted trees litter the tracks that use to be interesting to walk down. If you took someone there that never had been to Wharton before they would most certainly never come back. It is slobbish and forever ruined like many of the other area's that I visited years ago, and it is almost all because of beavers. They are a menace. Next, I will tell you how I really feel about them.
