The same as post #6.
Pic 1: For those of you geographically inclined: an overview of the Bloomington (Packinghouse) quarry property, ¾ mile north to south and ½ mile and east to west. The red X marks adjacent quarries owned by someone else besides the elderly gent. Packinghouse skinny-dippers sometimes encroached on these holes but were regularly chased away by security patrols.
A) Goldfish Quarry.
B) Triple complex: Full moon, Half moon, Sundown, the epicenter of nude recreation at Packinghouse.
C) Long hole, truncated by new highway. The north-south highway on the right was there in the 70s. The interchange and highway to the left (west) was built in 2002. At Long Hole, Mill Pond and the triple complex, the thin red lines shows the former shorelines before the highway was built.
D) Mill Pond.
E) Buried Rosebud Quarry.
F) Icebox. After skinny-dippers were booted out, Icebox was drained and stone extraction resumed. Thirty years of quarrying has resulted in an Icebox much different, and larger, than back in the 70s. In this Google Earth image, I don't even recognize it.
G) Former parking area.
H) The old mill.
Pic 2: The triple complex as it appeared in 2005. The pink dots delineate earthen fill that wasn't present 'back in the day' and the thin red lines shows the former shoreline. The complex is 200 yards north to south and 150 yards east to west. The red X points to a rock pile about 20 feet tall, topped with a large flat slab. From there I had a splendid vantage point into most areas of the triple complex. Much of my shooting was done from atop that limestone pile.
Pics 3-8. I spent so much time at the Packinghouse quarries that I became acquainted with many of its denizens. Mocha, a townie, spent more time at the quarries than I did. That's saying a lot! During the summers he practically lived there in his Econoline van. Despite his gruff exterior, he was a mild-mannered flower child. He never went nude; always wore a loincloth.
This series was shot at Full Moon Quarry on the wide ledge visible on the upper right in the first photo in post #44. Photo three shows Mocha hanging out with two townie friends: Carla, blonde, lying down, and Leslie, seated, dark hair. Shirley, standing, slim, sandy hair, was an IU student.
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