hunters, hence the name“ Gobbler’ s Rock.” It was quite a local sensation.
People who hiked in to see it marveled at how a rock that size could have found its way up in a tree. There were newspaper stories written about it. TV stations sent news crews down to the forest to document the phenomenon. And curious hikers showed up on my front porch to ask directions on how to get to it. There were so many visitors that I handed out trail maps I got from the state forest headquarters.
Folks young and old would stop by and ask how to get to the rock and how far was it. About the same time, I started getting hikers coming up from the south, asking if they missed the trail for Gobbler’ s Rock. I had people sitting on my porch, drinking my Gatorade, eating my granola bars, and getting into heated discussions about just how a rock that size could get that far up in a tree. I began to recognize that there was a down side to being the last outpost of civilization close to a tourist attraction.
I have often wondered about those people living in Yosemite and whether they had similar problems.
After some years of being an unofficial Yellowwood Forest Information and Rescue outpost, nature intervened. One spring day, a big storm blew in and the tree with the rock came down. And after that, the stream of tourists and hikers trickled down to a fare-thee-well.
If you ever have a hankering to see the“ Rock on the Ground” look me up. I know how to get there. •
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