Random pictures that you took

I knew roughly where the property pin was but hadent been able to locate it. My boy got a metal detector as a gift so I put him to work.

 

That should be on my "bucket list" to see .......

 

Well that paid off quickly then, eh?!

 

I forgot the info pic. Seeing pictures doesn't do it justice. Big muskie was monstrously large. The bucket could hold 325,000 tons or approximately 20 dump trucks worth in one bite.

 

An electric coal digger... I think that needs to be put back in service!

 

Yard art?

 

Wolf maple tree that the forest has been closing in on for decades. Despite the huge split in the trunk and having a completely hollow base, it’s still pushing out leaves.

 

First peach of the season.





Owl

 

Sunflowers beginning to bloom here. Last week.

 

Looks like somebody is recharging their "solar panel"

 

I looked for a camping thread with no luck. Haven’t gotten the hang of the search function here.


Anyways, when I was single I used to go camping with my hiking boots and a backpack. I never knew it could be this much fun.

 

Nice walking trails. Is the chimney structure a bloomery or iron smelter?

 

That is one of the iron furnaces in the area. The furnaces required 300 to 400 acres of timber turned into charcoal per year. It ran from the 1850s to 1870s.

 

sunflowers are blooming

 

Another Pa. sunset

 

That tunnel is awesome. Is it actively used?