Photo Project: Your Part of the World

[Virgo Nightingale]

This is the same swamp, but at this point I had backtracked, found/followed the trail and hit the shore a little further down.




Then this guy jumped in front of me and startled the crap out of me. He actually stayed put for a while so I managed to get a few pretty close up shots. This one came out best though.




Then I went further off out on an unmarked trail/woods road and came to this set of ruins. I have no backstory as to what this property was used for, who built it, or anything. But I love ruins so I had to check them out.










After this, I did see two deer on the trail ahead of me, but the trail curved to the right then the left, so there were trees between us and I couldn't get a clear photo. That made me sad, since that would have been a nice ending to my little photo essay.

[Virgo Nightingale]

After some online digging, I found that the ruins were once the estate of Rose Redard, whose family owned Red Rose Tea.

[Virgo Nightingale]

This is the map of where I'd hiked today. Except I didn't follow the same way back from the Ruins as this person had. I kept going southeast back down to the road and walked that back to the car (by the P). I lost the trail in a few places around the swamp (which is really a small lake with a beaver dam) and I didn't feel like losing it on the way back. The old woods road was much easier to follow, and it's not even marked, doesn't need to be.

[Red Kittie Kat]

Those are awesome Virgo ... looks like a very cool hiking area ... I love those ruins!

[Grfk Dzgn]

Ya, really cool!! Love to take that trail. I looked on Google Terrain Maps and it seems like a hike.

Must be other ruins around there in that area, all those NY rich folk gettin' out for the weekend

Did you kiss the frog?

[Virgo Nightingale]

There are a lot of ruins within the park. Before it was a park, there were a bunch of towns and villages circa 1840-1940ish, and as the state purchased all the land they'd demolish the buildings. But the stone foundations and walls for some still remain and are scattered throughout. There are also several abandoned mines, and a few cemeteries.

If you take that same trail south you hit the ORAK ruins. I photographed these for a photography assignment in school. I had posted them in some black/white photography thread, but I think the links have since broken.

And no, I didn't kiss the frog. I already have my prince, plus I didn't feel like tripping my face off.

[Ang]

Originally Posted by Virgo Nightingale

And no, I didn't kiss the frog. I already have my prince, plus I didn't feel like tripping my face off.

ROFL.... Tripping your face off, looove that saying, always makes me tee hee

Well that and "tripping my balls off" as Mr. Ang likes to say

[disneyhippie]

Looks like a fun hike Virgo. Those pictures are great. I don't think I can pick a fave... though I do like the frogs.

[Virgo Nightingale]

Thanks. I'm hoping to convince my husband to come with me on my next little adventure.

[mbwright]

How pleasant to be a sea lion.