A couple of relatively recent Adirondack adventures have slipped by in the last few weeks without me sharing them with you.
August 18, my sister and I took our nice and nephew on a hike up St. Regis Mountain. I'd climbed it last fall, but this was first for the other three. The fire tower was literally under reconstruction when I was there the last time, but now we could climb to the top and enjoy the view.
August 27-28 was the rare occasion (for me, anyway) of a weekend overnight in the woods. My goal had been to spend the night in the lean to on Wilson Pond (not too far out of Blue Mountain Lake), but a mile or so down that trail I discovered a couple of other folks who had the very same idea. I turned around and hiked back to the car, deciding I would try for one of the lean tos on Tirrell Pond, along the Northville-Placid Trail. Though I had my tent in my pack (better safe than sorry), I was glad to find the O'Neill lean to waiting, clean and empty, just for me. Crossing the somewhat daunting "drawbridge" to get to the peninsula, I got my first view of the pond and discovered an awfully nice spot in the woods with a superb little beach--perfect for reading in the sun.
August 18, my sister and I took our nice and nephew on a hike up St. Regis Mountain. I'd climbed it last fall, but this was first for the other three. The fire tower was literally under reconstruction when I was there the last time, but now we could climb to the top and enjoy the view.
August 27-28 was the rare occasion (for me, anyway) of a weekend overnight in the woods. My goal had been to spend the night in the lean to on Wilson Pond (not too far out of Blue Mountain Lake), but a mile or so down that trail I discovered a couple of other folks who had the very same idea. I turned around and hiked back to the car, deciding I would try for one of the lean tos on Tirrell Pond, along the Northville-Placid Trail. Though I had my tent in my pack (better safe than sorry), I was glad to find the O'Neill lean to waiting, clean and empty, just for me. Crossing the somewhat daunting "drawbridge" to get to the peninsula, I got my first view of the pond and discovered an awfully nice spot in the woods with a superb little beach--perfect for reading in the sun.
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