River Bottom

Last visit, himself and I took the 4-wheeler off trail and through the trees of the river bottom. There is a lot of dead wood, trees down and some mighty fine living trees still towering above us. We can get through the area now that the shrubs, brush and poison oak and ivy are gone. Down on the bottom, we found where a huge old tree had fallen, probably years ago. It must have been 5 or 6 foot through and 75 - 80 feet tall. It looked as though there might have been two trunks or two large branches that split. One fell one way and one the other.

I will go back, next visit, and look around. I have been looking for the site of an old cabin. I think I should look in the area of the largest tree as any cabin builder/pioneer worth his salt would have planted a shade tree or encouraged one to grow. I will be able to traipse through the timber and poke and prod and not worry about the poison ivy/oak. I think that I shall find the remains of the old cabin someday!

Who am I kidding? That would be like finding a needle in a haystack as probably all that is left is a pile of chimney stones or maybe a metal hinge or something. It would take a miracle to find a fallen down cabin!

But then we did find the limestone well -- so maybe it is possible!