Grandpa's journal had sketches that matched a known archaeology site

I was cleaning out my garage last weekend and found a dusty old journal from my grandpa. It had sketches of what looked like burial mounds near our old farm, which reminded me of his tales about the land. I spent hours online checking out archaeology sites in the area, getting totally sidetracked. Sure enough, there's a recorded site just a mile away that fits his drawings perfectly.

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william_ellis296h ago

Man, that's wild about your grandpa's journal. I totally get getting sidetracked online, like last week I meant to look up a recipe and ended down a rabbit hole about old typewriters for three hours. My own research skills are so bad I probably would've missed the site even if it was in my backyard. It's pretty cool that his sketches lined up with a real place though, makes all that time spent online feel almost useful for once.

walker.robert6h ago

Last month I meant to check a fact for my blog and lost three hours to articles about abandoned railways. Your grandpa's journal matching a real spot, @william_ellis29, shows how those tangents sometimes pay off.