Paddling and Hiking at Massawepie

Yesterday I went paddling with the group to Massawepie Lake.  We did about 6.5 miles around the lake, stopping at the tip of one of the eskers for lunch.  A friend told me how to find the trail around the lake, so today we hiked part of the trail.  It was fantastic, but we didn't get all the way to the tip of the esker we were at yesterday.  We hiked for 1-3/4 hours and since we left late and didn't bring lunch, we were forced to turn around.  It was another gorgeous, still day.

And there were toads everywhere.


We will be sure to go back sometime and plan for a longer hike.  It was wet underfoot some places, so I might be tempted to wear water shoes the next time, or perhaps take them.

Climbing Goodman Mountain

We climbed Goodman today to get some exercise in preparation for our trip to Utah next month.

Hike to Trombley Landing

The weather turned out to be much better than expected today, so we decided to hike down to Trombley Landing, something we had not done for several years.  We were surprised to find the trail very grown over and realized there is no longer a sign at the parking area.  We wonder if it is no longer a maintained trail.  It was also very wet given the amount of rain we have had.  In places the trail had turned into a stream.  But about half way along it turned into the trail I remember with balsam firs lining it.


We found the lean-to full of a group of scouts and their leaders.  The river is very full.

Waterfalls Along the West Branch of the Ausable River

We had hoped to hike along the Ausable River while the water was really high, but it has not rained for 5 days!!!! so there was much less water than we expected.  But we still enjoyed the views.  We started at Wilmington Notch campground, hiking down the steep slope to the falls.


Then we walked upstream for a bit.


We then drove a little further along to the "flume" where we again walked along the river.




We watched trout jumping up this falls, though they didn't make it very far.


We turned around at the bottom of the flume.

Hiking Stone Valley

We had a wonderful hike in Stone Valley today.  The weather was perfect and the Raquette River was amazing.  We have had so much rain the river was really full.