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21st put out from lower dam with overcast skies . Made camp on Hitchins
pond site #8 . 22nd morning heavy fog over lake and dew on the tents ,
fog burned off about 9:30 just in time for our hike up Low's ridge which
always has great views for little effort . while breaking camp we had a
visit from the Rough Rider himself Ted Roosevelt LMAO ,this fella had a
wide brimed hat, round glasses, bushy mustache a long barreled handgun
strapped to his hip with his pants tucked into knee high boots . He was
a nice fella who said he was in the area to hunt grouse ( handgun was for
hunting bear ) ,we ran into two other fellas later in the trip with sidearms
who were hunting bear . We made our way to Low's lake with nary a ripple,
the water was like a skatin rink and the weather perfect for the rest of the
trip . We made camp at Boone's landing which is a nice site with a real
Adirondack feel to it ,it has a large fairly flat rock that slopes into the the
waters edge with a small beach on either side of it ( no camping june ,july
august ). Are there any plans in the works for an air traffic control tower on
Low's ? We watched 3 float planes land all with in 20 minutes to a half hour
of each other , looks like they taxied over to Grass pond area . Had a visit
from the local Ranger she was puttin up new signs for the thunder box , she
told us there was a pack of coyotes in the area . Have there been any Moose
seen in this area? After Ranger left we were bushwacking for wood
between Boones landing and site #39 came into a boggy area and spyed a
very large mound of scat , called my friend over whos an avid hunter and has
hunted all over the U.S. he said it was Moose without a doubt and looked fairly
fresh ( looked like deer scat just much bigger ) . Star gazing over the lake was
about as good as it gets , Milky way was very apparent ,the rock
on the waters edge was perfect for this we just layed there lookin up for hours
debating satellites versus UFO's lol . The 23rd was another banner day
two of the group headed out to fish and the rest of us set out to hike Grass pond
mountain ,we paddled to site # 23 or 24 can't remember which then
hiked in about 30yrds to that dirt road located on my paddlers map , hung
a left and picked up the flagged trail right after the culvert . Trail is fairly
steep with some wet slippery areas , there is a more gradual path
somewhere but this is more adventurous and fun and not to mention directly
to the top , we were up it in 1/2 an hour and the views were outta site .
We spotted our friends in the canoe fishin who were in a little cove directly
opposite what looks like Silver leaf pond on the map ,they pulled out about
20 large mouth within 1 1/2 hours using top water bait mostly 2 and 3 pounders
and one 5 pounder they were fishing near a downed tree . Two others went to
same spot 3 hours later and only pulled out 2 lol feeding time was over . That night
we heard the coyotes ,sounded like the caught something , two of the
fellas in our group who liked sleepin by fire under the
stars said they heard em right outside our camp about 3 a.m. . 24th took up
and out to the rat race of NYC , another great trip for the books ,enuff said.
pond site #8 . 22nd morning heavy fog over lake and dew on the tents ,
fog burned off about 9:30 just in time for our hike up Low's ridge which
always has great views for little effort . while breaking camp we had a
visit from the Rough Rider himself Ted Roosevelt LMAO ,this fella had a
wide brimed hat, round glasses, bushy mustache a long barreled handgun
strapped to his hip with his pants tucked into knee high boots . He was
a nice fella who said he was in the area to hunt grouse ( handgun was for
hunting bear ) ,we ran into two other fellas later in the trip with sidearms
who were hunting bear . We made our way to Low's lake with nary a ripple,
the water was like a skatin rink and the weather perfect for the rest of the
trip . We made camp at Boone's landing which is a nice site with a real
Adirondack feel to it ,it has a large fairly flat rock that slopes into the the
waters edge with a small beach on either side of it ( no camping june ,july
august ). Are there any plans in the works for an air traffic control tower on
Low's ? We watched 3 float planes land all with in 20 minutes to a half hour
of each other , looks like they taxied over to Grass pond area . Had a visit
from the local Ranger she was puttin up new signs for the thunder box , she
told us there was a pack of coyotes in the area . Have there been any Moose
seen in this area? After Ranger left we were bushwacking for wood
between Boones landing and site #39 came into a boggy area and spyed a
very large mound of scat , called my friend over whos an avid hunter and has
hunted all over the U.S. he said it was Moose without a doubt and looked fairly
fresh ( looked like deer scat just much bigger ) . Star gazing over the lake was
about as good as it gets , Milky way was very apparent ,the rock
on the waters edge was perfect for this we just layed there lookin up for hours
debating satellites versus UFO's lol . The 23rd was another banner day
two of the group headed out to fish and the rest of us set out to hike Grass pond
mountain ,we paddled to site # 23 or 24 can't remember which then
hiked in about 30yrds to that dirt road located on my paddlers map , hung
a left and picked up the flagged trail right after the culvert . Trail is fairly
steep with some wet slippery areas , there is a more gradual path
somewhere but this is more adventurous and fun and not to mention directly
to the top , we were up it in 1/2 an hour and the views were outta site .
We spotted our friends in the canoe fishin who were in a little cove directly
opposite what looks like Silver leaf pond on the map ,they pulled out about
20 large mouth within 1 1/2 hours using top water bait mostly 2 and 3 pounders
and one 5 pounder they were fishing near a downed tree . Two others went to
same spot 3 hours later and only pulled out 2 lol feeding time was over . That night
we heard the coyotes ,sounded like the caught something , two of the
fellas in our group who liked sleepin by fire under the
stars said they heard em right outside our camp about 3 a.m. . 24th took up
and out to the rat race of NYC , another great trip for the books ,enuff said.
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