DIGGIN DOC
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I'VE BEEN SCOPING THIS PLACE OUT FOR TEN YEARS. IT'S A MILE FROM MY HOUSE AND WAS MY FIRST OFFICIAL HIKE/BOTTLE HUNT FOR THE LATTER PART OF THE YEAR. STILL PLENTY OF P.I. AROUND, SO I ONLY BROUGHT GLOVE AND A SMALL DIGGING TOOL ALONG IN MY BACK PACK.
CAMP MOLLOY WAS A BOYS CAMP OPEN I BELIEVE FROM THE 1940'S THRU TO ABOUT 1981. LACK OF FUNDS DUE TO LACK OF ATTENDANCE A.S.O....WELL YOU KNOW THE STORY. SO LEFT BEHIND WERE SEVERAL ACRES OF BUILDINGS, FIELDS AND WOODS ONLY A STONES THROW FROM LAUREL LAKE. IT WAS RUN BY THE CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF ROCKVILLE CENTRE IN NASSAU COUNTY, SOME 70 MILES AWAY. THERE WAS ALSO A CAMP FOR THE GIRLS ABOUT A MILE AWAY SITUATED OVERLOOKING THE PECONIC BAY. THE BUILDINGS THERE WERE EITHER DEMOLISHED OR RENOVATED IN A MAJOR WAY FOR PERMANENT RESIDENCE.
ABOUT 3-4 YEARS AGO, THE TOWN CLEARED OUT MOST EVERY DERELICT BUILDING ALL OF WHICH WERE CABINS AND OTHER SLEEP AWAY CAMP STRUCTURES ALL MADE OF WOOD PRETTY MUCH. THE ONLY BUILDING THAT REMAINS AND IS CURRENTLY REUSED, IS THE CHAPEL. IT'S OPEN AIR AND USED AS A PICNIC AREA. IT'S BEEN MADE INTO A TOWN OWNED PARK, BUT N.Y. STATE OWNS THE LAKE.
SATURDAY AFTERNOON, I NEEDED TO GET AWAY FROM CHORES AT THE HOUSE. I LOADED UP MY CAR WITH SOME TOOLS AND HEADED OVER TO MY LATEST FARM DUMP DIG AREA THAT I'VE BEEN DISECTING SINCE MAY AND DOING FAIRLY WELL. UNFORT, THE NURSERY WAS RUNNING IRRIGATION AT THAT VERY MOMENT AND MY DIGGING AREA WAS GETTING SPRITZED QUITE WELL FROM THE PASSING THRU 8" ALUMINUM MAIN! I RETREATED AND HEADED OVER TO THE LAKE, WHICH ON MOST VISITS, NEVER LETS ME DOWN.
I STARTED ON THE BACKSIDE WOODED AREA WHERE THERE WERE CAMPERS CABINS. I SAW MY OLD DUG UP GLASS SHARDS AND BROKEN BOTTLES FROM DIGS DURING THE PAST YEARS. I TOOK MY TIME AND SUDDENLY FELT AN AREA OF EARTH THAT SEEMED HOLLOW(???). I SWEPT AWAY NATURE'S DEBRIS AND SPOTTED PART OF A POP BOTTLE. ALMOST SEEMED LIKE IT WOULD COME OUT WITH A PULL, BUT IT TURNED OUT THAT THE UNDERGROUND SURROUNDING IT WAS LOADED WITH WIREY ROOTS...VERY ANNOYING TO SAY THE LEAST. A MINUTE OR SO LATER I UNEARTHED AN EMBOSSED "PAT D" 6oz. COCA-COLA BOTTLE.
CAMP MOLLOY WAS A BOYS CAMP OPEN I BELIEVE FROM THE 1940'S THRU TO ABOUT 1981. LACK OF FUNDS DUE TO LACK OF ATTENDANCE A.S.O....WELL YOU KNOW THE STORY. SO LEFT BEHIND WERE SEVERAL ACRES OF BUILDINGS, FIELDS AND WOODS ONLY A STONES THROW FROM LAUREL LAKE. IT WAS RUN BY THE CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF ROCKVILLE CENTRE IN NASSAU COUNTY, SOME 70 MILES AWAY. THERE WAS ALSO A CAMP FOR THE GIRLS ABOUT A MILE AWAY SITUATED OVERLOOKING THE PECONIC BAY. THE BUILDINGS THERE WERE EITHER DEMOLISHED OR RENOVATED IN A MAJOR WAY FOR PERMANENT RESIDENCE.
ABOUT 3-4 YEARS AGO, THE TOWN CLEARED OUT MOST EVERY DERELICT BUILDING ALL OF WHICH WERE CABINS AND OTHER SLEEP AWAY CAMP STRUCTURES ALL MADE OF WOOD PRETTY MUCH. THE ONLY BUILDING THAT REMAINS AND IS CURRENTLY REUSED, IS THE CHAPEL. IT'S OPEN AIR AND USED AS A PICNIC AREA. IT'S BEEN MADE INTO A TOWN OWNED PARK, BUT N.Y. STATE OWNS THE LAKE.
SATURDAY AFTERNOON, I NEEDED TO GET AWAY FROM CHORES AT THE HOUSE. I LOADED UP MY CAR WITH SOME TOOLS AND HEADED OVER TO MY LATEST FARM DUMP DIG AREA THAT I'VE BEEN DISECTING SINCE MAY AND DOING FAIRLY WELL. UNFORT, THE NURSERY WAS RUNNING IRRIGATION AT THAT VERY MOMENT AND MY DIGGING AREA WAS GETTING SPRITZED QUITE WELL FROM THE PASSING THRU 8" ALUMINUM MAIN! I RETREATED AND HEADED OVER TO THE LAKE, WHICH ON MOST VISITS, NEVER LETS ME DOWN.
I STARTED ON THE BACKSIDE WOODED AREA WHERE THERE WERE CAMPERS CABINS. I SAW MY OLD DUG UP GLASS SHARDS AND BROKEN BOTTLES FROM DIGS DURING THE PAST YEARS. I TOOK MY TIME AND SUDDENLY FELT AN AREA OF EARTH THAT SEEMED HOLLOW(???). I SWEPT AWAY NATURE'S DEBRIS AND SPOTTED PART OF A POP BOTTLE. ALMOST SEEMED LIKE IT WOULD COME OUT WITH A PULL, BUT IT TURNED OUT THAT THE UNDERGROUND SURROUNDING IT WAS LOADED WITH WIREY ROOTS...VERY ANNOYING TO SAY THE LEAST. A MINUTE OR SO LATER I UNEARTHED AN EMBOSSED "PAT D" 6oz. COCA-COLA BOTTLE.
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