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Off Topic Area => Random Musings => Topic started by: Kaljaia on November 14, 2016, 02:14:18 PM
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Had hoped to play with the cabbing machine this weekend but the constant drizzle made that impossible. Played outside instead.
Dragged a friend out for adventures and we found this place, which by its utter lack of beer cans, cigarette butts and graffiti, we are assuming is very infrequently visited. I had heard reports years and years ago of a hole in a rock 'big enough to ride a horse through' in the area but never knew where. I think we found the spot!
(https://68.media.tumblr.com/b02e2a9ad5aa8612023ebcc96f4a711e/tumblr_ognk4ymzr71spns93o2_1280.jpg)
(https://68.media.tumblr.com/d142808d0b0237e303bb0fe9edc01b14/tumblr_ogniviqRJY1vg3vluo1_540.jpg)
Palisades near it
(https://68.media.tumblr.com/872cbc9be84f8c93553ce6d5252e7248/tumblr_ognk4ymzr71spns93o1_1280.jpg)
There's a stunning lichen-covered opalized tree trunk in the mix too but my photos were too dark. Will definitely be going back to this place.
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Looks like a fabulous place! Thanks for the pics.
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Natural arches fascinate me, but that one looks more sized for a giraffe instead of a horse :grin:
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Did you look downslope from the hole? It looks like the rock was different from the surrounding rock , probably more acidic in an area of acidic rocks.
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This was down slope
(https://68.media.tumblr.com/a28d332bc983171e45a123ed8653b2aa/tumblr_ogsksoasTg1vg3vluo1_1280.jpg)
(https://68.media.tumblr.com/fb31c8dadd8e519816c3ed1da0422086/tumblr_ogskvltK2o1spns93o1_1280.jpg)
A very moss-covered section of tree trunk.
Will be going back over thanksgiving week and will take a closer look at the rock directly below the hole then.