Subject: Re: front royal va
Date: Oct 13, 2004 @ 19:15
Author: aletheiak ("aletheiak" <aletheiak@...>)
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>tripoint
> remained lost & quite puzzled for a long time
>
> made a few tries & probes
> since i was only a couple hundred yards from civilization
>
> then finally had to ask my inner being to lead me to the truck
>
> & directly emerged on the fire trail
> as i thought
> north of where i started
>
> but actually
> i soon realized
> i was south of it
>
> yikes
> so i must have hit the 2 markers immediately south of the truth
> & not the truth at all
>
>
> so of course i rededicated myself to going back into the woods for
> the truth
> even if i had to get lost again
> so as to proceed at least as far as the next marker to the north
> rather than the south
> dohh
>
>
> but just then something told me to take another look at the map of
> the g richard thompson state wildlife management area
> that was posted just there
>
> & which you can see outlined in purple on the topo
>
>
> when it dawned on me
> because i only first saw it
>
> the parking area is really just inside clarke & not warren
> yikes
>
> or else that map was wrong too
>
>
> so
> the 2 witness posts were really farther north than had i thought too
>
> & correspondingly more likely to actually mark the true tripoint
>
> or at least the more northerly one of the 2 posts
>
>
> the one where i had found no actual marker
>
>
> i laughed & congratulated myself for persevering so
> until the point practically had to be manufactured out of thin air
> & handed to me on a platter
>
> what a moment of truth for a moment of truth
>
>
> i did not see fit to return to the woods
> since i didnt think any further improvement was possible
>
>
> in hindsight
> now that i am in front royal again
> perhaps i should have gone back & dug for gold just at the base of
> the first witness post
> at the spot corresponding to the spot where the other marker was
> found in full view
>
> but i had already dug a few inches already just there
> so it is hard to say
>
>
> but anyway
> do we really have our 5th pearl in a row
>
> well truly i still dont know if it is class a
> or class e
>
> but thanks to all for being here for this pearl of a try
>
> & must run again
> so beeps for now
>
> --- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "aletheiak" <aletheiak@y...>
> wrote:
> >
> > daybreak & i was already on the fire trail
> > & soon pulled in at the right parking area
> >
> > i thought it was still in warren county
> > where it says overlook on the topo
> > but as i realized only later
> > the place was slightly into clarke
> >
> > found the ridge & the supposed overlook hilltop no problem
> > but no ability to overlook anything in these dense woods
> >
> > a promising sign very nearby tho
> >
> > witness marker
> > dont disturb nearby survey marker
> >
> > & of course i disturbed & combed everything
> > but no marker was found
> >
> >
> > from there i followed the well rounded ridge north for 120 giant
> steps
> > which i took to be the maximum necessary distance for the
> > if my topozone topo was right<aletheiak@y...>
> >
> > but nothing doing
> >
> > then wandered about & got lost in the woods
> > as it is a cloudy day here
> >
> > found & followed the ridge again
> > til i found the witness marker again
> >
> > but oh no
> >
> > this was a different post
> >
> > & this one had a real marker not to disturb with it too
> >
> > a beautiful brass spike driven most of the way into a brass
> octagonal
> > base plate in cement
> >
> > head of spike an inch & a half across
> >
> > spike an in inch thick
> >
> > awesome
> >
> > the words
> > county marker
> > were discernible on the base plate
> > but nothing else of interest
> >
> > i figured this could well be it
> > but the truth was i didnt know where i was
> >
> > i took a photo
> >
> > then tried to find my way out of the woods
> >
> >
> > but this will have to be intermission
> > as i am losing my computer now for awhile
> >
> > --- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "aletheiak"
> > wrote:just
> > >
> > > good thanx
> > > & i have also since learned by trial & error & lots of needless
> > wrong
> > > turns etc that my impasse at interstate 66 was purely imaginary
> > > since a spanking new route 638 rises from route 55 in linden
> > > around the corner from the appalachian trailheadClarke-
> > >
> > > i only barely missed it this afternoon
> > > dohh
> > > which i only learned this evening on the way down
> > >
> > > a reverse discovery similar to 700 chain bridge road
> > >
> > > in the meantime tho i had dead reckoned my way on killer back
> roads
> > > to within a mile of the truth by nightfall
> > > & decided to come back down to front royal for the internet &
> > warmer
> > > sleeping
> > > before continuing in the morning
> > >
> > > it wasnt such a hard moment of truth after all
> > >
> > > not yet anyway
> > >
> > > & delighted i passed it
> > >
> > > but of course all this is still prequel
> > >
> > > --- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "Lowell G. McManus"
> > > <mcmanus71496@m...> wrote:
> > > > Mike,
> > > >
> > > > USGS maps show scattered dwellings within .4 mi. of the
> > > Fauquier-WarrenBlue
> > > > tripoint. According to Microsoft Streets and Trips, they are
> on
> > > roads called
> > > > Axton Lane, Deer Path Lane, and Fawn Ridge Road (all Linden,
> > VA).
> > > These roads
> > > > are accessed from Fire Trail Road, which is at the top of
> > > Mountain Road.string
> > > > The tripoint should be approximately 200 yards east of the
> > > intersection of Fire
> > > > Trail Road and Axton Lane.
> > > >
> > > > Lowell G. McManus
> > > > Leesville, Louisiana, USA
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: "aletheiak" <aletheiak@y...>
> > > > To: <BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com>
> > > > Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2004 3:57 PM
> > > > Subject: [BoundaryPoint] front royal va
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > all faculties presumably working here now mike
> > > > > but the 3 missing coeds are still barely escaping me
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > also
> > > > > ever since winchester
> > > > > i have been devoting myself in earnest to the growing
> ofat
> > > blue
> > > > > ridge pearls
> > > > > which now runs consecutively thru
> > > > > 1 frfrwa
> > > > > 2 mdvawv aka jelowa
> > > > > 3 cljelo &
> > > > > 4 clfalo
> > > > > tho called clfaje by mistake in
> > > > > as in
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BoundaryPoint/message/12318
> > > > > if indeed i have them all right even now
> > > > > let alone all in the right order too
> > > > > & it has continued today with an initially unsuccessful try
> > > > > 5 clfawaa
> > > > > which proves to be miles up the appalachian trail
> > > > > on an only formerly vehicular ridge road
> > > > >
> > > > > or at least thats how it looked from the busy trailhead
> > > > > just off interstate 66
> > > > > where i got my first kicks from it & all the backpackers i
> > would
> > > be
> > > > > pillowcasing with
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > but a county atlas here in the library offers some hope of
> > > closermore
> > > > > road approach
> > > > > via blue mountain i think
> > > > > or perhaps there is a better appalacian trail approach from
> the
> > > north
> > > > > & i may well check both of these ideas out further
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > however
> > > > > a sample try at the twin & easy surrogate of clfawa
> > > > > 5a clfrwa
> > > > > came up empty
> > > > > i mean
> > > > > evidently unmarked despite a clear fence line
> > > > > & easily searchable corn stubble field
> > > > > & marked highway right of way
> > > > > & signed county line
> > > > > & pavement breaks
> > > > > & even a power pole red herring
> > > > >
> > > > > not that i trust even probable twins to look the same any
> > > > > after my cljelo probably looks like van misapprehensionwhat
> > > > > which came home to roost just this morning
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > but it is hard to see the point of busting more hump for
> > > amountsperfect
> > > > > to a 2 to 1 shot against finding it marked
> > > > > except that it is the next perfect pearl on the still
> > > stringthe
> > > > >
> > > > > oh yes
> > > > > i know
> > > > > the ridge & the boundaries do divagate a bit
> > > > > indeed a bit all over the place
> > > > > so this isnt really perfect at all
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > which however is a good thing
> > > > > since perfect is finished
> > > > > & finished is dead
> > > > > as if there even were any such thing
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > but the ridge & boundaries are at least this far very
> > > substantially
> > > > > the same
> > > > >
> > > > > & so far all the tripoints do sit at least quite close to
> > truetrypointing
> > > > > blue ridge
> > > > >
> > > > > & there is a real nice streak of 4 at least class c visits
> > already
> > > > > going here
> > > > >
> > > > > so i am perhaps facing a real moment of truth in
> now
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > but maybe i will just go & look at some more maps before
> > deciding
> > > > >
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