Miquin Woods

Back in the woods behind my mom’s house there used to be an old boyscout camp. We loved exploring the abandoned lean-tos and it provided us with some delightful backgrounds for various photography and video projects throughout high school. The site was acquired by the county in 2003 and turned into a multi-use park. Strangely, though it’s been open for a few years and it’s SO close to my mom’s, I hadn’t actually been back there since the change. A few months ago, though, Mom and I wandered back there on a walk. Of course, just in case, I threw a dress in my bag. Glad I did! The place was kinda a swamp, but we got some fun photos in a little stream. While walking around we found a great pond, but were sadly stuck on the wrong side of the river. From where we were we could see a concrete structure, but we weren’t sure if it was actually attached to the shore or not. Mom went back later for some location scouting, and when Alexis was in town we returned for some more photography adventures. Turns out the structure was a short wade away from the shore, over some super slippery rocks and mucky mud. Alexis was a good sport, though and after a bit of poking around, made it over to the structure.