Re: [at-l] wilderness conceptual coolness...

Walden Pond is a great swimming hole.  It's a good 1 mile swim across the 
length and back...  I used to swim there 3-4 times each week.

In case you (or anyone else) is wondering, the site of the house is now well 
marked along the (2.5 mile) trail around the pond and there's a replica of 
the house near the parking lot.

It is, unfortunately, an overused area that attracts huge crowds.  During 
hot days, they often have to close the parking lot and turn away crowds for 
hours at a time.  I can't imagine what it must have been like during the 
days when there was an amusement park along the shores.  Yikes!!  There was 
certainly easy access to the pond from the railroad line and that railroad 
is still active.

Mara
Stitches, GAME99

>From: "Linda Benschop" <lvb@mindspring.com>
>Subject: Re: [at-l] wilderness conceptual coolness...
>Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2000 07:42:27 -0500
>
>...
>BTW, this starting me thinking about Walden for some reason.  I used to 
>live
>near Walden Pond in Massachusetts.  Several times, years ago, I went
>searching (with a young man, of course) trying to find Walden's cabin.  
>This
>young man insisted that there was one and what an exciting place it was.
>This isn't one, as I finally realized!  I think he was trying to just get 
>me
>out in the woods alone.  It took at least 10 trips out there for me to
>realize that there was no cabin.  Or maybe I just didn't want to know.....
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