ebinmaine 62,961 #1 Posted September 6, 2021 There's a place called Evan's Notch about an hour north of home. It runs along the Maine/ New Hampshire border following route 113 through a beautiful area of the White Mountains. This past weekend we went a little to the east of that for a night of unplanned but absolutely excellent wilderness camping. In the great desire to get away from the general crowds on the more well known trails we try to find lesser known/visited locals. Normally that area would be sparsely or uninhabited. Unfortunately there was a group of 8 or more very nice but very loud folks camping. They also had a pair of lovely but loose dogs roaming around. That's NOT an option for our own Meeha Mirror because of her issues. Sooooo, we decided to grab some supplies and head into the forest a ways.... The area was likely settled by European folks in the late 1700s. There are several families that sent soldiers to the Revolution and the Civil War. The Butters family is one of the older names there. The gravestone pictured below is that of two Butters children that passed in 1819. That home's cellar hole is the first pic. One of the mountain peaks is named Butters. There are other peaks honoring local families as well. Mt Meader. Durgin. Likely others. In the above mentioned effort to be away from folks and their dogs while hiking Trina and I have been spending more and more time "bushwhacking" hikes. Typically we'll start out on a trail but veer off when/where we see something worth exploring or staring at. Because the campground was occupied and because we wanted to wander the back country we found some pretty awesome stuff including the site we chose to set up camp. Butters family cellar hole Trina's title for this pic is: Not to bee messed with... And the rest.... 4 5 1 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
roadapples 6,981 #2 Posted September 6, 2021 Great pics. And thank you for being a responsible pet owner. Too many people aren't... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 62,961 #3 Posted September 6, 2021 10 minutes ago, roadapples said: Great pics. And thank you for being a responsible pet owner. Too many people aren't... Oh..... We know. Because our dog can't interact with any other animals we have to be absolutely adamant about all others being properly restrained out in public. Maine State law is all dogs must be tethered at less than 96" unless on their own property, have landowner permission, or be in a specified area. It's amazing how many people let dogs roam free that can't even be recalled!!! Thankfully they are 99% excellent about getting their dogs under leash when we've been around. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
c-series don 7,772 #4 Posted September 6, 2021 Great pics Eric! How are the ticks up that way? Around here I don’t venture into the woods until winter because of the ticks and lone star tick larvae(which are like chiggers, so small you can barely see them and they get under your skin and will itch for weeks) One time I had over a hundred bites, my ankles looked like ground beef because I itched them so much! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 62,961 #5 Posted September 6, 2021 15 minutes ago, c-series don said: Great pics Eric! How are the ticks up that way? Thanks Don. This year.... Almost none. Some years are better/worse than others of course. Lots of folks around here won't even venture out the door if there's any bugs out. Really though it wouldn't make a bit of difference to us. More repellent is all. Sometime in April or May every year we have about 3 weeks of black fly season. Black flies like running water. We live on a mountain side and have a stream every few hundred feet. It's sheer utter madness. And... we have head nets. When the skeeters n ticks are out we use whatever repellent works best. Ya CAN'T keep a Trina under a roof for long! 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pfrederi 17,128 #6 Posted September 6, 2021 I see the phantom wall builder was busy in some spots. Looking at the rocks reminds me of here. Aren't going to be an "plow days" there or here... 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jeff-C175 7,195 #7 Posted September 6, 2021 Eric, those are prime spots for metal detectoring !!! You really should git yerself one! You might dig up Great Great Grandpa Ordway's pocket watch! I'll bring mine next time we travel up to the ancestral home land. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 62,961 #8 Posted September 6, 2021 1 hour ago, Jeff-C175 said: Eric, those are prime spots for metal detectoring !!! You really should git yerself one! You might dig up Great Great Grandpa Ordway's pocket watch! I'll bring mine next time we travel up to the ancestral home land. We saw 4 or 5 home sites. We had our friend's metal detector at one near to camp. We did find some pieces of an old stove and small sections of tin roofing. We'd love to get a detector up to the more remote sites!! 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
