Whitehead X-ing Photos 03

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Tombstone rocks once more.

Central tree once again. This appears to be the tip top of the peak.

Looking down the length of this tree toward the roots.

On the other side of it, I spied what seemed to be a purposely positioned pile of bark. I’ll get back to that in a moment.

There were some vines in the region, and the same species that inhabits Whitehead X-ing’s Vineland or Vinland.

I took two rocks up to the peak, both found just off the Maine Trail, at what might have been the old entrance to what I’m calling the Dogpatch cemetery. I decided to leave one of these rocks, a more rounded one, on this peak, placing it in a depression in the ground and making sure I wasn’t crushing any small plants.

Then I decided to move to rock under the base of a nearby fallen tree. It was only then that I realized this tree was the same one with the seemingly carefully placed pieces of bark upon it.

I don’t think this to be an accident. It is a message. I’m not sure if the message is “merely”, “We knew you would come here,” or if there’s something deeper to it. I’m thinking the former. Two pieces might not have cut the deal. 3 pieces of a similar size, arranged like this, is beyond suspicion to me.

The tree’s orange-y underbelly from more of a distance.

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