Some photo's are not worth 1000 words

-If I didn't tell you you wouldn't know

Welcome to Plot M..... An early nuclear waste site. I wasn't intending to go here, I was headed to Chicago. However, it was hazy out and it looked like the weather was going to turn so I cut my journey short. I didn't want to make it a wasted trip though so I checked Roadside America to see what was around and this popped up. While it might just look like nature trails I thought the concept behind the place was interesting and that was enough to draw me in. 

A short time in I regretted what I was doing as my foot sank deep into a swampy, muddy, bog after recklessly ignoring a sign saying not to use the trail if it was wet and muddy.  I thought I could avoid the that and stay on the more supportive grassy bits, but I was wrong about that and my nice shoes paid the price for that decision. However I pressed on, and soon found myself on an old road that created a trail thru the park. That trail would eventually lead to Site A, which marks the buried remains of the worlds first nuclear reactor. Again, if the monument wasn't there you wouldn't even know, which I suppose is a good thing. 

This was the first of the two monuments in the Red Gate Woods I found. I knew from the post that there was a more interesting marker here, clearly written in cold ominous lettering "DO NOT DIG" long ago vandalized, where someone chiseled out the word "Not"  to take the more honest stance that visitors may be at danger. It was a race against time as the sun was starting to go down, and being lost in the dark in the woods is scary enough..... but imagine how that feels in nuclear waste dump. As visions of zombie deer ran around my mind I used my GPS to run off the trails in the direction of the marker, and finally found myself standing in-front of the unassuming cube bearing a warning about what sat below. By the way, at this time I realized how thankful I was to have that GPS because I defiantly lost at that point. 

After seeing this I made my way back to my car and started the long drive back home. Was it worth the visit? Probably not, all you can see is a couple stone monuments. You can see the pictures and know just what that looks like, but then again how many people can say they stood on top of radioactive waste?