This is a new DEP area open for hiking. I stumbled on it when riding around the back roads of Delhi (the same Delhi, NY which is the setting in "My Side of the Mountain"). Because I only had a few minutes to explore, I can only say that this is a south-southwest facing mountain, and the site is between an outcrop and a swamp, at a decent elevation (about 2200 feet). Not surprising, the rock piles I found were all pretty small (I say this because my experience is that east facing rock piles I've found are generally larger). Here are some pictures:
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This one is closer to the outcrop than the others:
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This is a very large boulder at the site, with only a few rocks on top:
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I should mention, too, that it is very, very dry in the woods right now.
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The funny part is, I found a couple of mylar balloons at the site, which is also common. I think it has something to do with the elevation. At any rate, I picked them up and put them in my back pocket, along with the white ribbon. After my hike, I headed over to the local grocery store to buy a sandwich and, after checking out, found that I was walking around with this very long ribbon trailing out of the back of my pants!
2 comments:
are there pieces of quartz in the piles?
No, none that I saw, anyway. I did not take the time to sweep off any leaves, though. Quartz in piles is pretty rare around here. I have a theory that, because quartz is not easily found around here, it was taken out of many of the piles because it's so novel. Now, I have no way to prove this, but it's a thought I've had, so I figured I'd mention it.
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