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.