ELBERT COUNTY HIGH POINT

 a.k.a. THE GEORGIA GUIDESTONES

We're not county highpointers but this controversial site, as part of our recent Christmas/New Years, Down-South side-trip, turned out to be one of those (currently totaling 3142, though not all legally accessible, according to County HPer Guru Andy Martin).  We landed here on 4Jan.  Nice day; nice countryside.  But the "stones" were a tad spooky. This formidable granite Stonehenge-like monolith is composed of 4 vertical "tablets" plus capstone amounting to a not-quite 20ft. height.  Weight = 119 tons. Displayed are ten Moses-like engraved precepts for the world's inhabitants in 12 different languages.  The most provocative guideline recommends: "Maintain humanity under 500,000,000 in perpetual balance with nature."  These upright blocks, like Stonehenge, encompass astronomical aspects. Ordered and bought by mysterious Mr. "R.C.Christian" from the nearby Elberton Granite Finishing Corporation, it was unveiled on March 22, 1980.  Visible from the highway, it's located just off GA77 between Hartwell and Elberton in NE GA.  For more info, Google, YouTube, and Wikipedia will provide much.  Plug in Georgia Guidestones.
Note:  About a mile or so south of Nuberg, the "stones" have an actual address - 1065 Guidestones Road.  It wasn't recognized by our GPS but maybe yours.

A STATE LINE CURIOSTITY
And fickle history...

TTS was due for another Geo-Glitch posting like that odd arc at the top of Delaware and SE PA forming the state line.

Back in early New Castle, and obsession with possession and boundary lines, the Duke of York decided that the top of Delaware would be defined by a 12-mile arc projected from New Castle. So the DOY commissioned a team to procure a huge drawing compass and strike the arc. Originally, the compass point was placed at the old courthouse spire but later, it somehow happened that Broad Dyke, about 2 blocks northeast, was designated as the center of this unique line. As well, the arc is not a true circle segment, having been fudged to suit various boundary/land agendas over time.

The historical marker pictured is at 3rd & Chestnut & Wilmington Sts. where one can stand and muse over how that gigantic compass was hefted into place and rotated from the Delaware River to the Mason-Dixon Line. Also, visit all the other sites of interest in quaint New Castle. Rife with history, it was founded in 1640, the first state's capitol (1664). Here, in 1682, William Penn first set foot in America on the west bank of the Delaware River.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Castle,_Delaware
http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMAAN_BROAD_DYKE_DE_NC_22
http://www.howderfamily.com/blog/?p=475

Meanwhile, here's another: Keep busy and take a turn by Googling the "Southwig Jog," go there, then report back here w/pics and on-site story.

MORE T-SHIRT WISDOM
In time for Halloween?


Another shirt for the collection. Couldn't resist glomming onto this one on a recent trip to NV, CA, and, of course, Death Valley.

USPS RELEASES NEW STAMP SET:
Wonders of America, Land of Superlatives

An article covering this new stamp set popped up on America's Roof AP feed. Take a look - americasroof news » Blog Archive » Highpoints Featured in New UPS American Sup Included are 40 stamps representing U.S. "superlatives," i.e., longest, deepest, oldest, etc. The artwork is great and one of our state high points, Mt. Washington, NH, made the page as the "Windiest." But, take a closer look as we did, several times. Can you find the missing superlative? See answer at TREK STOP OUTPOSTS