The Outblog blog, No. 42 for the week starting August 25, 2003.
Monday
Schoharie-Knox Road Trip and Partridge Run
Wednesday
Boondocks is about farms, rural life, and power toys.
Energy looks at high energy prices and our future.
Enviroman looks at man and the environment.
Hayseeds looks at politics and life in our nation.
Individual looks at myself and how I'm changing
Transit looks at the changing ways we get around.
Truck gives you stories and trips in my Ford Ranger.
Schoharie-Knox Road Trip and Partridge Run. Did some real exploring today. First off, I hiked about 2 miles on a part of a ski-trail I have never been on in Partridge Run—running from the High Point Road lower parking lot to the Bradt Hollow Cementary. I had no idea I was going to be lead to there.
The Cementary was kind of neat to explore, and to think about the great life these people must have had (well, when you exclude the hardships of the natural world and their relations with some of the evil forces of the day).
Drove out Route 1B all the way to where it dumps into Schoharie. Nice little farms along the way. The hill down into Schoharie was steep, but interesting. Some kind of gravel mine going down there—it was posted, and I didn't get a better look. Drove out along 443 and then on 146. Cut across, and then headed home. A total of 80 miles—but it was fun and refreshing to see some new land. P'Link
Hanncroix Ravine. Hiked along orange trail. Main trail was well marked, and fairly well worn (but not unreasonably warn or abused&mash;although in a few sections the pine roots sticking up were annonying). Most of the trail was through moderately thick forest. Nice cool, sunny day. Only things of particular interest where the gravel pit and the large number of animals around.
Gravel pit was interesting, as it was abandoned (I guess part of the Conservacy land), and trees had grown all around it, but not it it. A lot of gravel was left unmined—I found that kind of surpising. Most gravel pits while still having quite a bit of gravel left, don't have big piles the size of this site. Animal wise I saw several squrrels, blue jay, a fawn (that I snuck fairly close up on), a walking branch (whatever those are called), a bunch of other animals. Posion ivy was heavy around parts of that area, but I didn't have an allergic reaction to it (seemed to have broken that cycle).
It was so clear and pretty, and I had a few hours left that afternoon, so I went to Baitsholtz Road and some of the other roads around Renselearville State Forest and got some awsome pictures. P'Link
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