All,
Here is an edited version of the email all members of PBX received back on 11/6. The date was changed from Black Friday until today because of weather concerns on Thanksgiving night.
Boys, while the old lady is digging on Black Friday, let us Pine Barren Brothers hit the woods again! We'll make it our cedar green Friday....I guarantee it!
The title of this exploring trip is "Wild West Wading". At 8:45 AM on the day after Thanksgiving we'll meet on route 563 just below Chatsworth, where there is a fork in the road. From there we'll head southwest through that large field in Chatsworth until we come to the beautiful Eastern bank of the Western Branch of the Wading River. We'll follow this beautiful river south all the way down to where it begins to parallel the Shoal Branch.
This trip is about 5 miles long, with some beautiful cedar trees along the bank in many locations. Bring your camera. I hope to see you there. Let me know if you can make it.
Happy Trails........bob
Attending today were 3 non members of this site:
Mike Baker from Mikebaker.com
His wife Allison
Paul
And from this site:
Bob (bobpbx)
Al (manumuskin)
Tom (oji)
Chris (hewey)
Guy (teegate)
As it says above we started at the intersection on 563 right by the Chatsworth Cemetery and headed to the Wading on the western side. We meandered along it's edges to where it crosses 563, and then continued on. Here is an old tree stand we saw along our way. Complete with a carpet window, it was too old to examine.
A few views along the wet area's.
Allison, who is a marathon runner had no problems making her way through all of this, except for the water flowing into her boots at times.
Bob traveled this area in the past and it was dry; however, beavers have caused it to be almost a foot deep in places.
Proof they are there.
Then time for lunch. If you have followed this site very, very, very, closely, you would have viewed posts about the place I will call "Camp Parker Preserve."
It comes complete with all the comforts of home much like the old Nature Conservancy house.
Bob and Paul discussing our future on the bench provided.
And the view is just as nice.
And it even has a dock like the Conservancy house.
It was nice!
Lunch regrettably had to end, and then off to the bogs where we found this fenced in area of Winter berry Holly.
As I have said before, now is the time to visit the bogs at the preserve. Brier is starting to grow along the road edges and in not too many years these bogs will look like many other old bogs such as Friendship bogs.
And for those of you who like to follow marked trails, they have just that.
Do you believe in global warming? Well, it is a few days from December and we found this Aster and other plants.
This photo shows the route of an old canal. As you can see it ends here. But at one time in the past it continued on through the cement dike in the second photo. An interesting place!
If you have not explored the Parker Preserve, you are missing out on some of the best locations to explore. By the end of the day we had rated this trip almost a 9 and we traveled 8.8 miles. A great day with great people, and I want more!
Guy
Here is an edited version of the email all members of PBX received back on 11/6. The date was changed from Black Friday until today because of weather concerns on Thanksgiving night.
Boys, while the old lady is digging on Black Friday, let us Pine Barren Brothers hit the woods again! We'll make it our cedar green Friday....I guarantee it!
The title of this exploring trip is "Wild West Wading". At 8:45 AM on the day after Thanksgiving we'll meet on route 563 just below Chatsworth, where there is a fork in the road. From there we'll head southwest through that large field in Chatsworth until we come to the beautiful Eastern bank of the Western Branch of the Wading River. We'll follow this beautiful river south all the way down to where it begins to parallel the Shoal Branch.
This trip is about 5 miles long, with some beautiful cedar trees along the bank in many locations. Bring your camera. I hope to see you there. Let me know if you can make it.
Happy Trails........bob
Attending today were 3 non members of this site:
Mike Baker from Mikebaker.com
His wife Allison
Paul
And from this site:
Bob (bobpbx)
Al (manumuskin)
Tom (oji)
Chris (hewey)
Guy (teegate)
As it says above we started at the intersection on 563 right by the Chatsworth Cemetery and headed to the Wading on the western side. We meandered along it's edges to where it crosses 563, and then continued on. Here is an old tree stand we saw along our way. Complete with a carpet window, it was too old to examine.
A few views along the wet area's.
Allison, who is a marathon runner had no problems making her way through all of this, except for the water flowing into her boots at times.
Bob traveled this area in the past and it was dry; however, beavers have caused it to be almost a foot deep in places.
Proof they are there.
Then time for lunch. If you have followed this site very, very, very, closely, you would have viewed posts about the place I will call "Camp Parker Preserve."
It comes complete with all the comforts of home much like the old Nature Conservancy house.
Bob and Paul discussing our future on the bench provided.
And the view is just as nice.
And it even has a dock like the Conservancy house.
It was nice!
Lunch regrettably had to end, and then off to the bogs where we found this fenced in area of Winter berry Holly.
As I have said before, now is the time to visit the bogs at the preserve. Brier is starting to grow along the road edges and in not too many years these bogs will look like many other old bogs such as Friendship bogs.
And for those of you who like to follow marked trails, they have just that.
Do you believe in global warming? Well, it is a few days from December and we found this Aster and other plants.
This photo shows the route of an old canal. As you can see it ends here. But at one time in the past it continued on through the cement dike in the second photo. An interesting place!
If you have not explored the Parker Preserve, you are missing out on some of the best locations to explore. By the end of the day we had rated this trip almost a 9 and we traveled 8.8 miles. A great day with great people, and I want more!
Guy
