benchmark

[rockbot]

Good to be back!
Yes, I've been very busy with the hunting access and eradication issues. We got two County ordinances passed. It sure was a lot of work.
One is a a formation of a Game Advisory Commission and the other bans aerial eradication.
Also, we are working on litigation to stop the fencing.

ORIGINAL: bostaurus

Glad to have you back...I was hoping all was well with you.
Is this one of the areas they want to put off limits to hunting?
Hope you were successful.

 

[rockbot]

Thanks Jim!
Catch me up you Paterson nut! lol

ORIGINAL: epackage

Hey Rock great to see you posting again...[]

 

[surfaceone]

Hey Tony,

Good to see you posting, sir! Keep it up will'ya, please.

I've found a bunch of those benchmarks over the years, but never with camera, let alone digital camera, in hand. And never with a nearby "lodge" at 8000 feet, alas.

Different island Goat Stew Recipe.

 

[bostaurus]

ORIGINAL: rockbot

Good to be back!
Yes, I've been very busy with the hunting access and eradication issues. We got two County ordinances passed. It sure was a lot of work.
One is a a formation of a Game Advisory Commission and the other bans aerial eradication.
Also, we are working on litigation to stop the fencing.

I am glad to hear that is moving along for y'all!

 

[Brains]

those are fun to find. On top of Mt. Evans in Colorado there's one and all the tourists who drive up the mountain get all excited about it. (of course... that includes me as well, but i don't act like it. I pretend not to care 'cause you gotta' stay cool on the mountain... and at 14,000+ you get a little tired)

I'm sure theres one on Mt. marcy in newYork... but i guess i didn't take a picture of that one for some reason.
Sometimes you find the bases and someone ripped off the marker- theres a mountain somewhere in the Shenandoah natl. park with a concrete base that's missing it's marker along the trail. (it's super sad)

 

[RED Matthews]

HI, I have one in my front yard here in New York. I remember when the surveyors put it in, back when I was a kid. RED Matthews

 

[JOETHECROW]

Tony!! been wondering about you! Glad to see your face back in these parts...I have various benchmark photo's I'll see if I can dig a few out to add to this post later on...Also of interest to you might be an old handcarved border stone just up the road near Penn Digger's original homestead near the NY/ Pa Border...I'll see if I can find a pic of that.... Glad you've been successful,..hard work pays off.

 

[rockbot]

Thanks for the comments gang. Most other bench marks I find measure elevation. This was the first that I found that measures azimuth. Its pointing due east.

Good to be back Surf!

 

[Dugout]

I see them quite frequently.

 

[Dugout]

And as you can see by this picture it was placed right in a rock.