Event Map, More Changes, More Photos

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This week’s phenology assignment revolved around the creation of an event map. Prior to reading Hannah Hinchman’s “The World As Events” I had never heard about an Event map. An Event Map is essentially a map of one’s personal experience in a place; a way to record things natural and unnatural that occur in a place of observation (or at least that is what I interpreted it to be). I tried my best to recreate an Event Map in reference to my place in Oakledge Park.

My Event Map
My Event Map

Hoag, Franni. (Oakledge Park Spot) 2016 JPG File

I sort of drew events and occurrences chronologically as I visited my place. I began the map (assuming that Event Maps are allowed to have a definite beginning) of when I first found my place, which was walking along the bike path at Oakledge Park and noticing the offshoot trail, which in real life, looks like this:

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Hoag, Franni. (Oakledge Park Spot) 2016 JPG File

This then led me to travel up the path, to a set of steps (below), which I also photographed the most recent time I visited Oakledge park. From this point in my map I listed many notable occurrences and observations.

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Hoag, Franni. (Oakledge Park Spot) 2016 JPG File

Here are some pictures of the things that I recorded on my Event Map:

Small holes in Red Oak tree. I assume that they are from a woodpecker because I have seen woodpeckers peck at this tree multiple times.
Small holes in Red Oak tree. I assume that they are from a woodpecker because I have seen woodpeckers peck at this tree multiple times.

Hoag, Franni. (Oakledge Park Spot) 2016 JPG File

Very large woodpecker holes in (if I remember correctly) a pine, several feet downhill from my place.
Very large woodpecker holes in (if I remember correctly) a pine, several feet downhill from my place.

Hoag, Franni. (Oakledge Park Spot) 2016 JPG File

Up-close image of woodpecker hole, dripping sap/pitch also visble
Up-close image of woodpecker hole, dripping sap/pitch also visible.

Hoag, Franni. (Oakledge Park Spot) 2016 JPG File

White, foamy, caps on waves on Lake Champlain, high wind speeds that day. Sunny, clear, cold outside. Down the hill from my place.
White, foamy, caps on waves on Lake Champlain, high wind speeds that day. Sunny, clear, cold outside. Down the hill from my place.

Hoag, Franni. (Oakledge Park Spot) 2016 JPG File

Evidence of fire on concrete platform.
Evidence of fire on concrete platform.

Hoag, Franni. (Oakledge Park Spot) 2016 JPG File

Below are some new pictures that I took this past Sunday, some relevant to my map but many just of the scenery visible from the concrete platform as well as the exposed rock ledge.

Panorama of the view taken from several feet below the exposed rock ledge and concrete platform.
Panorama of the view taken from several feet below the exposed rock ledge and concrete platform. One of the pathways is visible.

Hoag, Franni. (Oakledge Park Spot) 2016 JPG File

Image of my place from the trail leading up to my place.
Image of my place from the trail leading up to my place.

Hoag, Franni. (Oakledge Park Spot) 2016 JPG File

Unidentified tree, the bark appears to be that of a shagbark hickory, but I am not entirely certain that this tree is a shagbark hickory because the range of said tree doesn't necessarily extend into northern Vermont.
Unidentified tree, the bark appears to be that of a shagbark hickory.

Hoag, Franni. (Oakledge Park Spot) 2016 JPG File

View looking towards the platform from the rock ledge.
View looking towards the platform from the rock ledge.

Hoag, Franni. (Oakledge Park Spot) 2016 JPG File

View of Lake Champlain, little ways downhill from my place.
View of Lake Champlain, a little ways downhill from my place.

Hoag, Franni. (Oakledge Park Spot) 2016 JPG File

View of Lake Champlain from rock ledge at my place.
View of Lake Champlain from rock ledge at my place.

Hoag, Franni. (Oakledge Park Spot) 2016 JPG File

Not much has changed at my place since I last visited. More leaves have fallen and a considerable amount of human litter was on the platform, including beer cans, alcohol bottles, and clothing. This was sort of sad to see. My place does not seem to be frequented by people, but when people do find it, they leave it a mess, which makes me sad. I am hoping to see less of this as the temperature continues to drop, making Oakledge Park a less desirable place for irresponsible people to hang out.