Weird, cool stuff you found in the woods.

300 yards is like 300 miles for a turtle

 

They will travel a long ways. I have a pond in the woods behind my house and it's about 140 yards off the road. Across the road from me the neighbors have a pond and it's about 300 yards off the road. Over the 10 years or so I've lived here I have seen multiple snappers going between ponds. Most notably, their back moss/algae will still be wet when I've gotten closer to investigate.

 

We must have had lazy snappers in my pond growing up....

We had pond front property with a retaining wall on a slightly raise section of land no more than ten feet from the waters edge. Every year there’d be one or two turtle nest, if that’s what you call them. Widely spaced, like about 30-40 feet apart.

Thanks for posting this @spitdog .

 

Here she is making a deposit.

 

This little stone structure

 

Very cool thread! Here is an old Fire Warden's cabin we came across on a hike.

 

Is that on Mt. Blue?

 

Moose Mountain in Greenville, ME

 

Ah. I knew I had seen it before. I choose the wrong mountain.

 

3-foot high anthill? And a log full of fresh Chicken Mushrooms?

 

Found this in the middle of nowhere, looks like some sort of old testing thing????? No idea.

 

We used to have something similar to that on a stream near where I work. It was related to a chemical spill and part of the settlement was that the company had to monitor water quality for 5 years to ensure remediation was effective. There was equipment that would pull a sample periodically then someone would collect and test the sample.

Could also be housing for equipment that monitors water level.

 

Did you hear the baby crying?

 

Yeah, it does look like a catch, I was thinking for soil though.

 

I'd be really tempted to put some kind of surprise inside, for the next person who happens upon it.

Speaking of weird old structures... how about these WWII ammo bunkers, formerly of Camp White, near White City, OR, now smack in the middle of the Denman Wildlife Area, at 42°26'54.2"N 122°52'04.1"W

 

Over 40 years ago on a backpacking trip in the Eastern Sierra's . We came across a rescue litter basket at the bottom of the glacier of Mt Ritter

 

was it locked up, or could you get in?

 

They were all locked up tight last time I was there. I got into one years ago and it was nothing exciting, but I didn't get any photos, either.

 

That looks to be some clean cold water

 

Nice find. If you didn't figure it out already, the brand is Old Quaker.