A Section of The Long Trail

Remnant of Old Indian Trail in Massachusetts

Turned Around On My Hike Today

I left a worn trail, and heading confidently off  through the woods, to the south west, where there was a gravel road that would take me back home.  But the road seemed to be getting further and further away, and the landscape more and more difficult to navigate, with piles of rocks dumped by the last glacier. No Cell Phone Service, but I decided to trust this whimsical directional stone, which pointed me back in the "other" direction.  Sure enough, several hundred feet down a hill was a spring,  and just beyond,  the road.

Rock Cairn with directional stone.

A Rock Pile made up of images in stone

A closer look at a rock pile I posted earlier in the month. This is an interesting composition of a series of boulders of differing materials, aligned side by side, with rocks  tucked into the spaces between each rock. Near the "top" of this image..three "heads," looking left, or has my imagination run away with me?

A view along the length of the rock pile: a ragged quartz -infused rock closest to the camera, then several small rocks  piled in a row.  At the "top," three stones, all "looking" left.  

Close up of one of the stones placed at the "top."
Looking left. 

Hunting Rock Piles

Rock Shelter

Spring with lintel stone

Row of rocks under effigy shaped slab

Rock Shelter in the middle of a glacial "dump." I haven't been able to find a safe way to get closer.
Best not to go there. The huge black bear might be looking for a Den. Or, perfect habitat for rattle snakes. Truth be told, it would be too foolish for this Grandmother, hiking alone,  to climb over the rock piles at risk of breaking a leg. 

Looking for the Eye

MJ and a Bird Effigy