Might be the roughest job I have ever done, only a 150 acres, but if I had to call anyplace hell, this is it, but we found most of the 50 year old pins that were called for.
This our 3rd day on the job and hopefully we will finish tomorrow, I suspect it took the crew 50 years ago 3 or 4 weeks to do this one.
These pictures were from a "tame" part of the job.
Eastern Blanco County, Texas.
Found iron rod on top of bluff, we scaled the cliff and found and tied another one called for in the creek down below.
This is not as rough as where we have to go into in the morning.
Randy
It doesn't look like much in a photo or from a distance but that chaparral can be a bear to walk through, all intertwined as it is.
Rugged stuff indeed.
Occasionally (in Tasmania) we'd come across surveys in rugged terrain where it was stated too difficult to traverse and the corner may never or just wasn't marked. They would traverse across to the next side and head off.
The intersection would be calculated and boundary distance calculated.
Did that land get granted by the government of the day or did settlers just settle and apply to buy?
Always makes me wonder why such useless rugged country was selected.
Looking back now it's hard to comprehend.
The first pic was on the edge of a bluff that went down from there about 200 feet vertical. We found and tied another old pin down in the bottom, but it took about 4 hours to accomplish this. Amazingly, it fit record within a foot.
Fixing to pull out for hopefully the last day in the field. Yesterday it was 75 degrees, about 25 degrees right now.
Luckily I have help on this job from my son and his buddy, this is not a solo job!!
I have had them for about a month, but they go back to college tomorrow, so I will get everything I can out of them today. This is my sons last semester and he goes full time with me.
And Dave, we call this a "cedar break" around here. Some is dead and some is thriving, the dead stuff will make you bleed when crashing through it and a machete will just bounce off of it.
Randy
Looks like your antenna didn't make the climb unscathed . . .
Very Cool.
> And Dave, we call this a "cedar break" around here.
Yeah, I call the dense cedar thickets "stick-in-the-eye" forest.
Take your antihistamines!!!
The cedar (juniper) pollen is back in full bloom. Last weeks rain knocked a bit out of the air, buts it is back in force now.
I've been in some bad vegetation here in Massachusetts, and it can be VERY slow going. Good luck getting it all done. I'm glad you have help.
