Daily Archives: July 4, 2016

Another shot of that mysterious wood head positioned on the road around Bigfeet Swamp (southeast corner). LINK

Looking up into the trees.

Leola Creek rock.

A more interesting, larger rock found on the outlet stream of Bigfeet Swamp, just before it joins the flow of Leola. A more pointy rock.

Bigfeet cattails…

Perhaps a slightly better picture of the rock on rock mentioned here. LINK

Larger rock within Bigfoot. I believe this is cement now, which once held a fence pole up at the Plateau of Raw Art. Hence the hole in the middle.

More prominent, mossier rock at Chesterton, which is finally developing into something of an official happening as of yesterday and the day before (as I write this post).

The protruding lip of this pink cup in Chesterton matches the pink of my shoes (bottom).

A few feet away, a golden leaf exactly matches the color on faded coke cans just beyond. Something peculiar is already going on here.

Chesterton looking south from about the position of the golden leaf/coke cans.

This is First Tree. Within Chesterton we have 5 or 6 pine trees positioned 10 to 12 feet apart on the eastern edge of the forest road I call Second Road. I’ve decided to name them by number starting with this northernmost one.

An odd root loop in Chesterton. More on that soon.

Chesterton tree with moss around the bottom of it. Mossy might become its name.

More objects found on Second Road to the south of Chesterton.

Sometime in mid to late June, I found out I could safely cross Leola Creek on dry rocks at a place tentatively called “Port Leola” (Porter?), which is within the safe zone mentioned or defined in an earlier post. LINK

Below is pictured a new spot on the same creek, about a 100 feet or so upstream from the safe zone/Port Leola. Unnamed as yet, it’s an amazing cluster of higher rocks with its own internal topography, including peaks, pools, islands, waterfalls, and gorges.

The meat of the rock cluster, with a small falls toward the bottom.

Graffiti at a nearby bridge over Leola Creek. This is Leola Creek Road.

Underneath the bridge.

It was only a short walk up Leola Creek Road to Hand Lake. The Finger is still present on the large island of the lake.

Looks like someone has moved in some larger rocks for unknown reasons.

Small blue flower on the island, possibly a variety of bluet.

I end this post with a couple of pictures snapped at the Plateau of Raw Art, once more.