Subject: thames sawanabori doubles back today<br/>
Date: Jun 06, 2004 @ 13:38<br/>
Author: m donner (&quot;m donner&quot; &lt;maxivan82@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-777613542">with the benefit of further reflection<br/>
the superiority of sawmill brook over its unnamed rival at state line pond<br/>
by a margin estimated yesterday at 22 percent<br/>
still feels like a safe presumption<br/>
because the shed areas involve several square miles of territory<br/>
which is more than enough to compensate for any errors of detail &or other <br/>
local anomalies<br/>
<br/>
but the superiority of upper sawmill brook over its other & much lesser <br/>
unnamed rival<br/>
at its top fork just below cedar swamp<br/>
by an even larger margin<br/>
indeed estimated yesterday at 28 percent<br/>
really cannot be accepted without personal inspection & verification of the <br/>
actual confluence<br/>
because the shed areas in this case involve only a few acres of territory<br/>
& even small errors &or anomalies could suffice to reverse the decision<br/>
<br/>
moreover it cant be ignored that the unnamed drainage is shown on the topo <br/>
as an intermittent stream<br/>
whereas the outflow of cedar swamp at the head of sawmill brook is shown as <br/>
continuous<br/>
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?lat=42.0535&lon=-72.2911">http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?lat=42.0535&lon=-72.2911</a><br/>
<br/>
thus even if yesterdays estimated shed comparison is essentially correct in <br/>
a downpour<br/>
it could still be that cedar swamp is fed by perennial springs<br/>
making it the sawanabori choice during the remaining 99 point 99 percent of <br/>
the time<br/>
<br/>
but clearly this fork needs to be checked before proceeding<br/>
<br/>
<br/>
& even tho the fork area looked hard to reach from the bridge on ayers road <br/>
just below it<br/>
owing to the thick undergrowth there<br/>
it might still be reachable from the jeep track crossing<br/>
shown here just below the swamp outlet & just above the fork<br/>
or else perhaps from cedar swamp road at the foot of peck hill just to the <br/>
west of the fork<br/>
<br/>
either way it looks like less than 1000 feet of bushwhacking<br/>
<br/>
& on my anticipated return to the scene later today<br/>
i will try to reach this confluence by either of these routes<br/>
& settle the matter with my own eyes<br/>
<br/>
<br/>
thunderstorms are predicted<br/>
<br/>
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