I think we have all been there. The directions seemed clear enough at the start: Eaton county, 2.5 mile east of I-127, 0.5 miles north of Round Lake Road.
My first clue regarding the quality of the directions should have been the fact that Round Lake Road and I-127 are in Clinton County, 25 miles north of here.
The second complication involved the 2.5 miles. Was that GPS east or 2.5 miles on Round Lake Road? It makes a difference. Round Lake Road staggers across the landscape like a drunk on his way to the party store to pick up his third bottle of whiskey. Round Lake Road is also devoid of shoulders so I had to park a mile ease of the site.
I figure I walked four miles today. The middle two miles were the hardest. I was walking on soggy corn stubble. I never did find the tree I was looking for.
I did see some pretty country and some magnificent deer blinds.
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| This fellow has a 200 yard shooting range and a pond. Additional targets at 50 yards and 100 yards. Bench is on the left end of the grass strip. |
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| Space aliens? Pirate treasure? Signaling Soviet landing sites? Nope, just a deer hunter who mowed his shooting lanes to better see the deer. |
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| Snow melted on Sunday. Chickweed blooming on Wednesday. |
Yep, that 25 mile difference WOULD call the whole thing into question...
ReplyDeleteWhat tree? It must have been special for that effort.
ReplyDeleteIt was supposed to be a Rock Elm listed in the Michigan Big Tree registry: http://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/mbot/0497763.0045.201/--big-trees-and-shrubs-of-michigan?view=image&seq=63&size=100 Last entry.
DeleteIt should have been easy to find, Girth (at breast height) of 196 inches, height of 70 feet and a crown 107 feet across.