Summer Hike at Constitution Lakes Park

Just the other day I took my first hike at Constitution Lakes in a long time. It is a place I have long liked due to it's scenic wetlands beauty. The county could not have possibly made a more wise choice when spending the money from their open space bond. It makes a great place for bird-watching as well as watching flights approaching and departing from Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport. There are blue herons, ducks, geese, red-tailed hawks, just to name a few. It is not only the natural beauty of this park that I like but also the historic beauty. There used to be a brick-making facility on this land and one can still see evidence of this today. Just the other day I noticed a well I had never noticed before. I looked toward the bottom but did not see either Bart Simpson nor Timmy O'Toole (an old Simpsons joke). When one is as curious as I am one looks at all the junk and wonders how long it's been there and who put it there. 

The greatest mystery of the park remains unsolved, and that is whether or not alligator snapping turtles live there. I have seen common snapping turtles and others have reported seeing alligator snappers but it is possible that people get the two confused. This one particular picture of the old junk looks like a scene from a horror movie.