2 fantastic new hikes to record, and not in Blue Mountain for a change but in my home town of Mythopolis about 40 miles south. This continues and intensifies my focus on this area bordering the Gold River begun last winter (link). I’ll have to provide a map for this blog very soon.
Profusion of liken and moss on a small hill first drew my attention to the special nature of this place. This would be hike 1.
Coordinated bending of 2 parallel sewer pipes. Not as disgusting as they sound.
Old orange part of a car, a seat perhaps.
Redlands… and new rock temples! About 6 in number on a very, very red stretch of ground that was a dirt road at one time.
Details.
Bank on southern side of Redlands.
Nearby camping spot. Hucka D. has warned me that Redlands resident Michael Treed may still be in the area. And he’s also indicated that it may be a “cousin” to Blue Mountain’s Michael Too of Wealthy Mountain and Martin Knob blog fame here. Impossible but perhaps even true!?
This seems to parallel the largest Dongoba rock temple of Norris if so.
The red dirt of Redlands, following the old road, loops in a circle, end returning to beginning.
Gold River and red ball. This is where I turned around on hike 1, my most western progress.
More Redlands mysteries: fire hydrant in the middle of nowhere…
… and then a whole *paved road* in the middle of nowhere.
Sunklands 