The King & Queen Seat ~ On The Outcrop
In my last post about the King and Queen Seat, I wasn't able to go out on the outcrop and hoped to get back in Autumn. You can check out that last post here if you would like. The King and Queen Seat is located at Rocks State Park in Harford County, Maryland.
An opportunity came up to return and this time I was determined to get up and out there! Why put off till Autumn what I can do sooner and we never know what the future will hold for us so off I was to see if I could go a little further than the last time.
The last time I went it had been a little rainy but today was sunny and clear. I even got a better photo of the plaque that explains nicely what the King and Queen Seat is.
The plaque reads:
"ROCKS STATE PARK"
"THE KING AND QUEEN SEAT"
"The King and Queen Seat to your right is a natural 190-foot outcrop that overlooks Deer Creek Valley. This cliff affords a spectacular view of Harford County's rolling hills and farmland.
Made of quartzite and a hard quartz-pebble metaconglomerate, the King and Queen Seat was formed millions of year ago when quartz was subjected to intense heat and pressure. The surrounding ancient rocks eroded away, leaving a tall "tower" of rock.
In 1879, Thomas Wysong published The Rocks of Deer Creek, where he confessed to "intermingling fact and fancy." According to Wysong, during the 1680's, local Susquehannock Indians used the King and Queen Seat as a site for ceremonial gatherings. Tribal Chief Bald Eagle and his wife sat upon the King and Queen Seat, while braves gathered below to listen to orators. Wysong claimed that from this spot, Bald Eagle and his wife witnessed their son, Bird-That-Flies-High, wed the Iroquois maiden, Fern-Shaken-By-The-Wind. No evidence has surfaced to support Wysong's account.
For centuries, the "Rocks at Deer Creek" were a popular site-seeing and picnicking destination. To ensure the King and Queen Seat's preservation, the State of Maryland purchased the site in 1949. Rocks State Park opened two years later."
Getting closer to be able to try to get on the outcrop was a little harder than I thought!
I can also say that I now know that feeling of being "frozen with fright" but I did not come all the way out here to not even try! So...I'm happy to report that I was able to go out there on the outcrop at least halfway.
I did start to feel that fright and got a little shaky so I sat down which helped a lot. I tried to take my mind off my fears by taking more photos as well.
Now, I just had to get up from sitting down and walk back to get off the outcrop. I had to dig deep and talk myself through it but I did it! Would I do it again? Hmmm...I would probably try but only time will tell if I can get up the nerve again and also physically be able to try it again. I would definitely return to Rocks but I'm unsure about going out on the outcrop. In my younger days I could scramble over rocks and boulders a lot easier. I think I also made my husband very nervous going out as far as I did.
Let's check out some more trees....
...and boulders!
I also wanted to show this fallen tree again.
It has a hole in the trunk and I thought it was cool looking to see the leaves on the other side through the hole.
There you have it! I did it...well...mostly! 😊
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Firts off I must say just say you did it drop the mostly, that is impressive what you did and you should be proud of yourself
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Thank you so much Jay!! It was a bit more difficult getting over some of those boulders than I thought it would be but I am proud that I made it at least half way out there. I think I realized though that I may just have an issue with heights..lol. We'll see how I feel in the Autumn as to if I can get out there again. 🙄
You should be proud i have no doubt my wife would not have gone even a step out on it
Maybe tat now you ave bene part way out it will be easier in Autumn, but it could go the other way, Like my Fear of able cars i rode it once recently, but could not ride it back LOL
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Such a amazing place, overwhelmingly beautiful @deerjay! :-)
Those trails in the sky like the boulders jutting out in the photo
above the wonderful boulder water ripple! One of the boulders
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Fabulous hike, photographs and posting my friend!!
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Wow this really is an adventure and a half, it looks like quite a trek to get to that outcrop - but what a view when you get there! I think you are braver then I would be going out so far, you got some amazing photos though what a view!
It’s a lovely forest on the way back too, and I really like the tree trunk with a hole in - you just needed someone to put their head through it lol!
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Thank you so much @c0ff33a!! It was a bit harder than I thought it would be but I'm glad I made it out as far as I did. I really was scared out of my wit though..lol. 😱 I'll have to see how I feel in Autumn if I can muster up the nerve again. 😉