Hunting the elusive Michigan Pudding stone

[pigman]

I tried one of those nail pullers once. It hurt so bad that I went back to using nail clippers. ;)

[Weekend_Sawyer]

Yup, that's funny! :D

[Jeff]

Ya never know what ya might find in the puddin stone woods.  This old girl is 3.1 miles from the main road. Probably at least that far as the crow flies from any residence.  It sits back on the edge of an abandoned camp.

[Paul_H]

I'll take it!! 8)
It appears to be in good shape.

[Jeff]

I think Lou might have the ability to claim it. I've been admiring it. The engine is in it, but the insides are pretty rough. I'll take more pics if I get back there this weekend.

[Weekend_Sawyer]

I hope you get it Jeff, that looks like a good project truck.
JOn

[Corley5]

The engine still has oil in it  ;)   We all need more projects don't we  ??? ;D

[beenthere]

Me thinks Jeff already has a project truck. ;D ;D ;D

Maybe Lou is looking for one?

[Jeff]

October Puddin woods,







Puttin some puddins in place.

[Texas Ranger]

DanG, you bury an elephant in that grave? :

[Texas Ranger]

Oh yeah, great shot of  your woods.

[WDH]

Beautiful puddin woods.  Those are the nicest puddin trees that I have ever seen ;D.

[SwampDonkey]

Nice rock garden. By the looks of the forest floor I am led to believe those stones came from elsewhere. ;D Nice sugar maple stand, look at all the new seedlings. ;D Actually, they may not be so new, could be 10 years old. ;) Where are all the undergrowth shrubs? Too park like. :D

[Jeff]

Most of the stones come from right there. Its part of a hardwood ridge that runs several miles. There is no brush because there is no light. That woods has a full canopy. The stones are everywhere underfoot with only a small area exposed. You simply walk around until you find a puddin, or other stone to your liking.

[SwampDonkey]

That still don't explain it because there are shade tolerant shrubs that will grow up in the densest of woods. Also, the floor didn't look rough enough to be stony. I seen stony woods and there are lots of moss covered hard mounds on top. Maybe the seedlings cover up the stones. ;)  ;D

[Jeff]

this is a natural area and the seedlings to hide the stones. You cant dig in the ground with a shovel. Its all stone and gravel.

[Burlkraft]

That maple woods is one of the most beautiful that I have ever seen.  ;D  ;D  ;D

Besides the fact that it holds a rich deposit of 'puddin stones the floor being covered with seedlings and the full canopy almost give it that jungle feel  ;)  ;)  ;)

I wish I could see it now when it's in full color. I'm sure that pictures just can's do it justice     

[SwampDonkey]

Ah, now I have the full view. 

[Jeff]

I have always gotten away with poo-pooing sweetest day. That it's just a hallmark holiday based on nothing. This year I was on my way up to bear hunt that day when Tammy called me to tell me she had bought me a wooden rose for sweetest day. I said, What the heck is sweetest day?"   She allowed me to get away with it again.

When we got up north I took a bike ride to do just a short bit of pudding stone hunting. I only had about an hour before we wanted to go out and sit in the bear blind. I didnt go ti my usual haunt, but a closer unexplored site. I spent almost all my allotted time in the woods and didnt find anything so decided to give up and head for the bike and back to the cabin. As I stepped out of the wood edge and on to the rocky trail, I looked down and there it was. One step from the bike staring back up at me. I picked it up and stashed it until I could give it to Tammy when I got home.

I guess this means from now on, I have to believe that yes, there is a sweetest day. 

[Warbird]

What is "sweetest day"?  Is that a different name for Valentine's Day?   

[beenthere]

What's in the photo? ???

A sweetness? ;D ;D

[Jeff]

What's in the photo? ???

A sweetness? ;D ;D

If yer seriously asking, its a fist size pudding stone with a red jasper stone embedded in it that sort of resembles an elongated heart.

[isawlogs]

Nice way of gainning points  ;D

[thecfarm]

Never knew what sweetest day was.First time I have ever heard of it.It never made it this far north.  :D
You sure do have some pretty rocks up your way.All I have are ugly ones on my land.

[DanG]

We don't have no rock around here, but I do have some bricks from the Hatfieldian and McCoyan ages. :