October 27, 2026
Monday Mystery Answered
On Monday I wrote… Yesterday morning, top Celery Farm Nature Preserve birder Julie McCall saw an unusual-looking hawk over the…
One of the landmarks near the summit at High Mountain is a graffiti-scarred rock outcropping (upcropping?) that I have called as "Marry Me" ever since I heard the tale of a young man who hiked up to the summit with his girlfriend long long ago.
He had climbed to the summit and painted "Marry me?" on the rock. Alas, the story goes, his girlfriend was so miffed that he made her hike up the steep mountainside that she answered "No."
On recent visits, I noticed that someone has downgraded the proposal to "Prom?"
If anyone knows more about the "Marry Me" rock legend, please let me know.