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Over the weekend of August 16-17 I went on a backpacking trip with a few friends.
Here we are at the beginning of the hike.
L-R Jessica, Joe, Kelly and Me.
We hiked along the Finger lakes trail, which, in this area is also the North Country National Scenic trail. The NCT will eventually stretch from North Dakota to Vermont.
Here Kelly and I are at a Trail Junction:
Joe ponders his position in the world:
A view up through the trees:
I designed the hike in to be less strenuous and shorter than Kelly and I are used to. Before long we arrived at the Beck hollow shelter. We were very happy to find that we had it to ourselves. These shelters are free, but they are on a first come-first serve basis. If it's occupied when you get there... you can squeeze in.. but sometimes this is akward, or you can set up a tent which is less convienient. Also, Leave no trace guidelines mean that campfires should only be in designated fire rings. (no lean-to no campfire)
Here is a shot of our home for the night:
We busied ourselves with chores around camp. Kelly used the lean-to's shovel to clean out the fire ring:
We sawed up a downed tree for firewood:
Jessica tries out the Flintstones era La-Z-boy.
Kelly and Joe looked over the shelter register where travelers write a bit about who they are and the trip they're on.
The Large blue bucket looking thing is a Bear cannister. Supposedly if a rouge Bruin got it they wouldn't be able to get into it and therefore both our food, and the bear's attitude towards people as a food sourse would be safe.
We did see bear poop on Sunday. The night was peaceful. With so much spare time, Jessica found the time to carve an interesting pictograph in one of the pieces of firewood.
On the way out Sunday morning we came apon a tree that had been painted strangely. Joe offered it a drink:
Later, the trail passed into an open meadow and there were blackberry bushes all along the edge of the trail with juicy ripe blackberries!
(This is more or less when we spotted the bear poop.)
For more information about the Finger lakes trail (including maps) check out the finger lakes trail conference page:
For information on the North country trail check out this site:
Here we are at the beginning of the hike.
L-R Jessica, Joe, Kelly and Me.
We hiked along the Finger lakes trail, which, in this area is also the North Country National Scenic trail. The NCT will eventually stretch from North Dakota to Vermont.
Here Kelly and I are at a Trail Junction:
Joe ponders his position in the world:
A view up through the trees:
I designed the hike in to be less strenuous and shorter than Kelly and I are used to. Before long we arrived at the Beck hollow shelter. We were very happy to find that we had it to ourselves. These shelters are free, but they are on a first come-first serve basis. If it's occupied when you get there... you can squeeze in.. but sometimes this is akward, or you can set up a tent which is less convienient. Also, Leave no trace guidelines mean that campfires should only be in designated fire rings. (no lean-to no campfire)
Here is a shot of our home for the night:
We busied ourselves with chores around camp. Kelly used the lean-to's shovel to clean out the fire ring:
We sawed up a downed tree for firewood:
Jessica tries out the Flintstones era La-Z-boy.
Kelly and Joe looked over the shelter register where travelers write a bit about who they are and the trip they're on.
The Large blue bucket looking thing is a Bear cannister. Supposedly if a rouge Bruin got it they wouldn't be able to get into it and therefore both our food, and the bear's attitude towards people as a food sourse would be safe.
We did see bear poop on Sunday. The night was peaceful. With so much spare time, Jessica found the time to carve an interesting pictograph in one of the pieces of firewood.
On the way out Sunday morning we came apon a tree that had been painted strangely. Joe offered it a drink:
Later, the trail passed into an open meadow and there were blackberry bushes all along the edge of the trail with juicy ripe blackberries!
(This is more or less when we spotted the bear poop.)
For more information about the Finger lakes trail (including maps) check out the finger lakes trail conference page:
For information on the North country trail check out this site:
(I don't often get excited over an excel file)
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