I was back onsite yesterday with my old surveying buddy, Paul. He's semi-retired from the surveying profession having bought a large feed and grain store that he converted to self storage units. But i can still get him to come out for an interesting project. Somehow I convinced him that this was a good one!
It wasn't even 9AM (We started work onsite at 730AM after an hour drive to get there.) when I heard him exclaim, "These are the largest poison ivy leaves I've ever seen!" And He started getting rashes on both arms by lunch.
Paul snapped this shot of me while running our second (or was it third) cross section. These lines are about 1000' long and include two creek crossings.
Some may remember the 42 Parallel Monument that I posted last week.
Well I did locate the stone and after processing find that it's 32' north of the actual 42N Latitude...So, those of you out West using this as your backsight for the State Lines remember that fact!
One other interesting find at my favorite local lunch spot was this stone commemorating the early days of Kingston and the Jones River and the ship building industry that existed at the time of this country's founding.
So when ever y'all want to 'dis' us Yankee's please remember the dedication this state put forth in the War of Independence! 
that's all for now, time to process yesterday results...
Don
Operative Date
When was the 42nd stone set? Probably a bit before WGS 84 was established.
> Some may remember the 42 Parallel Monument that I posted last week.
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> Well I did locate the stone and after processing find that it's 32' north of the actual 42N Latitude...So, those of you out West using this as your backsight for the State Lines remember that fact!
How do you take a curved backsight? 😉
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> How do you take a curved backsight? 😉
SUCH an awesome reply. You would have a +1 internets if it existed on this site...
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> Well I did locate the stone and after processing find that it's 32' north of the actual 42N Latitude...So, those of you out West using this as your backsight for the State Lines remember that fact!
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So you'll be moving that line 32 feet, [sarcasm]riiiiight?[/sarcasm]
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> > How do you take a curved backsight? 😉
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> SUCH an awesome reply. You would have a +1 internets if it existed on this site...
:whistle: 😀 😛
for the poison ivy
Don - does Paul know about Tecno and their magic ointment "Calagel"? Worth every penny.
KS
Update on Kingston "Ground Truthing">Carl
If you took the CFedS course you would learn how to do foreward and back bearings for those curved "straight" lines.... Calculating those is explained in the BLM manual!!
for the poison ivy
yup, and I had it on hand for him. I'm one of the lucky few that is currently immune to PI but SWMBO gets it in an awful way. We're pretty well protected but he refused to use it. I also had alcohol wipes for him to use afterwards but he preferred to wait and shower...
for the poison ivy
> Don - does Paul know about Tecno and their magic ointment "Calagel"? Worth every penny.
Has anyone here tried Zanfel? It claims to stop the itching within 30 seconds by breaking the bond between the urushiol and the skin. I bought some, but fortunately haven't had to use it yet.
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> It wasn't even 9AM (We started work onsite at 730AM after an hour drive to get there.) when I heard him exclaim, "These are the largest poison ivy leaves I've ever seen!" And He started getting rashes on both arms by lunch.
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I used to live just north of there in Marshfield, MA and worked a few years on Cape Cod in the 80's. Some of the poison ivy forests rival the sequoias. I'm lucky to be only slightly affected.
it's the pine trees; the ivy just thrives under those conditions.
is that phragmytes you're walking through? i had to do some topography for wetland mitigation in that kind of mess. it was the time of year that when you cut it or push it around, the dusty seeds and pollen choke you horribly.
Yup Eddie, that's what it is..... This is a marsh restoration project and one goal is to get rid of those!
Everybody should keep in miond that in MOST cases, one eventually loses the immunity after repeated exposure to the oil.
I've had two rod/chainmen that can attest to that.
"Oh no, I don't get it..." only works for so long.
> "Oh no, I don't get it..." only works for so long.
I can attest to that.....
At first glance
I thought it was saw grass. But there is NO WAY you'd be wading through saw grass with bare arms. That stuff will cut you to shreds in no time flat.
Andy
for the poison ivy
I've battled poison oak and poison ivy all my life.
One night I got "second hand" poison ivy by picking
up clothes and put my hand to my eye. It didn't
take long and my eye lid started to swell. I knew what
it was. I got online and found: Cortaid poison ivy
care Removal Scrub. It was midnite but I raced
to the 24 hr walmart, put this stuff on and it
stopped it before it got U-G-L-Y.
in 5th grade i got it up my neck and almost on my face
then dad hit me with a rag of ammonia
i ran around screaming for a couple minutes
it scabbed over and went away within a few days
when i was full time field i developed quite an immunity
even now i only get it sporadically, but i get to stay away a bit more now
hope it keeps up, we have ivy everywhere