All,
At 7:15 this morning Al and I were already hard at work searching for a few of the stones that we have been holding off searching for until we could meet up together. On our agenda was Tylertown, and before most of the people along the road there were most likely even up we were maneuvering our way through the woods nearby. At our first location we found that the woods were fairly open and it was obvious there wasn't a stone in sight. However, by using the metal point of my walking stick we were able to hear the sound of metal to stone, and in a few seconds we had uncovered this.
Al started digging some more and soon we realized we had found a monster.
Have you ever noticed or visited the house ruins along the west side of 563 near Green Bank? These are the ruins of the home of Horace Patton.
The location of his house is here.
http://maps.njpinebarrens.com/#lat=39.622269&lng=-74.575058&z=16&type=doq&gpx=
The ruins.
This is along the road.
Today we went looking for the two stones in the far back of Horace Patton's property. The first one was a nice one.
The next one was just sticking up out of the swamp. We were lucky to even find this one.
On the way out we found this behind the ruins of the house. We have no idea what it is.
Next, we looked for a stone Jessica and I could not find last week and today we were successful. Hidden under the canopy of a holly.
And Al later found this some distance from where we were looking for it.
Then to look for the two stones deep in the briers on the property of Merrill Wills. Jessica and I were within 100 feet of one of them a while back and had to give up. Today Al and I made it to both and came up empty. However, we did have an interesting time getting out.
Does he look wet and cold?
We finally made it back to our vehicles, and as usual we discussed our day. This area is deep in the woods but the Batona Trail uses the road we came in on. Al and I climbed in our vehicles to head home, and I noticed a hiker coming towards us on my side. Al was blocked by my vehicle so I exited it to inform him to be careful. When I started back into my car I looked again at the hiker and realized I recognized him from the Internet. It was non other than our own Kayak Karl. He was quite surprised to see us for sure, as we were to see him. I can say the next few minutes of conversation was one of the highlight of the day, and hopefully Karl will post the photo he took of Al and I. And during the conversation Karl mentioned just a few hours earlier he was talking to our very own Turtle and her mom.
Guy
At 7:15 this morning Al and I were already hard at work searching for a few of the stones that we have been holding off searching for until we could meet up together. On our agenda was Tylertown, and before most of the people along the road there were most likely even up we were maneuvering our way through the woods nearby. At our first location we found that the woods were fairly open and it was obvious there wasn't a stone in sight. However, by using the metal point of my walking stick we were able to hear the sound of metal to stone, and in a few seconds we had uncovered this.
Al started digging some more and soon we realized we had found a monster.
Have you ever noticed or visited the house ruins along the west side of 563 near Green Bank? These are the ruins of the home of Horace Patton.
The location of his house is here.
http://maps.njpinebarrens.com/#lat=39.622269&lng=-74.575058&z=16&type=doq&gpx=
The ruins.
This is along the road.
Today we went looking for the two stones in the far back of Horace Patton's property. The first one was a nice one.
The next one was just sticking up out of the swamp. We were lucky to even find this one.
On the way out we found this behind the ruins of the house. We have no idea what it is.
Next, we looked for a stone Jessica and I could not find last week and today we were successful. Hidden under the canopy of a holly.
And Al later found this some distance from where we were looking for it.
Then to look for the two stones deep in the briers on the property of Merrill Wills. Jessica and I were within 100 feet of one of them a while back and had to give up. Today Al and I made it to both and came up empty. However, we did have an interesting time getting out.
Does he look wet and cold?
We finally made it back to our vehicles, and as usual we discussed our day. This area is deep in the woods but the Batona Trail uses the road we came in on. Al and I climbed in our vehicles to head home, and I noticed a hiker coming towards us on my side. Al was blocked by my vehicle so I exited it to inform him to be careful. When I started back into my car I looked again at the hiker and realized I recognized him from the Internet. It was non other than our own Kayak Karl. He was quite surprised to see us for sure, as we were to see him. I can say the next few minutes of conversation was one of the highlight of the day, and hopefully Karl will post the photo he took of Al and I. And during the conversation Karl mentioned just a few hours earlier he was talking to our very own Turtle and her mom.
Guy
