We went hiking in the woods near West Roxbury Quarry yesterday. We found some interesting things.



This is dame's rocket, one of our prettier invasive plants.


The area surrounding the quarry doesn't appear to be public land, but it doesn't appear to be maintained, either. The neighboring streets are all dead ends that have informal paths into the woods nearby. There's no explanation for the ruins in the first picture, or the many cars and other man-made objects we found.




This utility shed seems to be related to the quarry operation. The pipe leads to the other side of a chain link fence. The quarry is fenced off.




Moss has claimed this car.


Alexis found this cell phone in the ashes of a campfire.


Up on high ground, we found a place where the fence had been knocked down.




Don't follow these instructions.


Nice view from up there, despite the mist. We found out about the place because someone on the Boston Birds list said there were ravens there.








this is the view straight down.

We heard and eventually saw the ravens. Not very exciting for most people, but ravens are rare in Massachusetts and this was the first time I'd ever heard of them appearing in Boston. Very cool.