Chapter 9. The Ponds

Thomas Hood · Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2008 4:30 pm Post subject: Chapter 9. The Ponds

Summary

true flavor

fishing buddies

midnight fishing

1. Walden Pond

2. Flint's, or Sandy Pond

3. Goose Pond

4. White Pond

great crystals on the surface of the earth

http://www.vcu.edu/engweb/transcendentalism/authors/thoreau/walden/cha pter09.html
Walden Study Text

DWill · Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 11:29 am Post subject:

WildCityWoman · Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 12:20 am Post subject:

I am so happy for that - the pond is 'protected' . . . and that people may use it.

It would be interesting to find out if they are charged for entering the 'park' which I suppose the shores have become.

I was listening to the audio for this chapter - I've listened to it twice and found parts of it to be tedious, with just a little too much information.

I will give it a third try - maybe I was allowing my mind to wander too much.

WildCityWoman · Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 12:41 am Post subject:

Hmmm . . . google took me right there!

http://www.mass.gov/dcr/parks/walden/

And there's a 'replica' of Thoreau's cabin.

http://www.mass.gov/dcr/parks/walden/planYourVisit.htm

There is a year round parking fee of $5.00 per vehicle. Parking is only permitted in the lot off Rte. 126. When the park reaches capacity it will close. In order to avoid disappointment, call 978-369-3254, particularly on hot summer days. Annual park passes are available.

It does not say anything about an entry fee into the conservation area.

I'd love to go there - it would mean having to get a passport to cross the border and convincing Jeff to go with me. And getting somebody to stand in for us at the building here for a week to ten days maybe.

DWill · Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 7:18 pm Post subject:

WCW,
There's only a parking fee there. You can wander around the conservation area as much as you want. Nearby Concord is actually a fairly "tony" town now, but has a lot of historical attractions, of course.

"The Ponds" is a lot of information about ponds. If you're into ponds, though, it's interesting.
DWill

WildCityWoman · Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2008 10:49 am Post subject:

A 'tony' town . . . you mean like 'yuppies'?

DWill · Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2008 12:24 pm Post subject:

My impression is more like old money than yuppies; a pretty sophisticated place, upper crust.
Will

WildCityWoman · Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2008 6:23 pm Post subject:

Oh, ok . . . like the families in Gatsby, right?

I was just curious about 'tony' and what it really meant.


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