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Friday, November 2, 2012

A Walk in the Woods


The beauty that is Western Pennsylvania and the woods that refresh my soul.
 Native American Stone Wall
The wall resembles a snake effigy. I am beginning to show my nephew RJ all the spots that I go exploring and why they are important to the history of honoring the Native Americans that were here first and lived in our area for centuries.
Studying debris buildup - this wall has been here for quite some time.
Moving on - this is a small spring that is also Native American. This is a salt water and not fresh water spring. There are more salt springs around or near the Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail than in other parts of the state - due to the geology makeup.
Heading further down the mountain - this old corn crib that has seen better days.
But it still has a beauty all its own.
Though not marked on any map I have ever run across - I believe there used to be a small quarry here. This spot has a lot of the smaller type glacial debris.
These stones have always reminded me of Stonehedge - they'd look pretty cool standing up instead of laying down.
I love the fact that RJ is not afraid to go exploring and loves scrambing up and down all and all over the place.
A possible rock shelter area that I will be exploring further in the future.
Hope you enjoyed this brief look at my section of the Laurel Highlands.



 
 

2 comments:

Debra said...

Really interesting about the salt springs--I had no idea!

Anonymous said...

Thank you for sharing the beautiful woods back home. How I miss them. The woods in the south really are ugly.
Dr. Jake