I finally did it

The Northville/Placid Trail has been on my bucket list for over a decade and last week I finally got the time and chance to do it. I did a 7 day solo trip from Godfrey Rd to Averyville Rd. Lots of rain ,blistered feet, inches of rain and a bunch of missing my family, but sure did have a great time!
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Lost: Trekking Poles

Left at the Upper Works trail head on Thursday afternoon. Black Diamond poles.
Checked this afternoon and they were not there.

Thanks!

2020 Hunting Season

Thought I'd get this started. I hope everyone is getting ready, if not out already doing some bowhunting or after small game. I've been out a few times but this weekend is camp/work/meeting weekend. This week was pretty warm and the deer didn't seem to move much. But on Wednesday I got three different bucks on this camera, all in the afternoon. Not sure if it was the front passing, or the moon? Too bad I was working, but I'm taking a kid to this spot next weekend for the youth hunt. Good luck everyone.

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Early autumn in the PA Wilds

Just returned from a multi-day trip in the Pennsylvania Wilds and surrounding areas of PA/NY. Overall a good trip besides aggro pick-up truck drivers tailgating me on one-lane highways - even when I was going 20 miles over the speed limit!

My trip started in Allegheny National Forest where I visited a few new sights: the uniquely-shaped Hector Falls and the multi-loop Minister Creek Trail System:













Camped in Allegany State Park on the New York side and then made the longish drive down to Central Pennsylvania the following morning to hike part of the Standing Stone Trail around Jack's Mountain (already did the 1,000 Steps so I hiked from the north this time around). The journey was approximately seven miles long and I didn't encounter another soul the entire time.











I then made my way into the heart of the PA Wilds: the Quehanna Wild Area and Elk State Forest. This was my favorite part of the road trip. The Beaver Run Dam area was like a hybrid between Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge and the Dolly Sods. Quite spectacular this time of year! I spent the better part of the day hiking on- and off-trail there, and made a brief stop at Table Falls where I got a chance to experiment with my camera's shutter speed. After that, I made my way to Elk State Forest where I saw... you guessed it... several elk. From the driver's seat of my car, I spotted one a few feet from the road and a whole family of them at the edge of the scenic Sinnamahoning River. Unfortunately, I didn't have a chance to snap any photos since there was one of the aforementioned pickup truck drivers behind me and no place to pull off on the side of the narrow road. I hope to explore that area a little more in depth the next time I'm in the area because I really liked what I saw from the road!

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Southeastern Adirondacks Trip

I spent a brief amount of time in the Southeastern Adirondacks last weekend. The fall colors were out in full force, as were the massive crowds.

There was heavy traffic going northbound on I-87 between 4-5 AM, with most people presumably heading to the High Peaks region. It's amazing to think that anyone going to the Loj at that ungodly hour wouldn't have been able to find a parking spot, as it was reported that the parking lot was completely full at 5:00!

It wasn't just the High Peaks that got slammed, though. On one short firetower hike (under two miles each way) near Glens Falls, I counted over a hundred people and passed groups of hikers every... single... minute of my hike. I tried counting from 1 to 60 in my head to see if I could even get one measly minute of peace and couldn't. It was a constant stream of hikers parading up and down the mountain unlike anything I have ever experienced in decades of hiking. Not even Cascade on a sunny Saturday morning in the middle of summer was so insanely crowded! Although I did anticipate there being a fair amount of people given various factors (time of day, time of year, the pandemic, etc.) I wasn't expecting it to be anywhere near that bad! Honestly, I got more solitude in the middle of Downtown Buffalo at lunch hour when I used to work there.

The highlight of my trip was walking around Great Sacandaga Lake where I actually had some space to spread out and enjoy the pleasing early-autumn scenery. It looked like an ideal place to go paddling sometime.

The rest of my trip didn't go so well. I received minimal sleep due to inconsiderate $#!+#3@d$ making too much noise and also had a kidney stone attack that left me in excruciating pain for a while. Between those experiences and the weather forecast looking unpromising between 9/28 and 10/2, I decided to cut my trip short and make the long drive back to Western New York. I'm hoping that when I return to the 'dacks (probably during the off-season or perhaps after this covid nightmare is finally behind us), I'll have a more enjoyable time like I did in past years.

Now for some photos to hopefully make up for all the complaining I did :)

FOUND Dog Leash

If you left a dog leash behind on Cat Mountain on 9/30/20 or around there- it is in the trail register box at the Thomas Mountain Trailhead near Route 11.