Today is the day for our ‘Big’ hike! Unfortunately it is Saturday and everybody and his brother is out hiking on this beautiful day. There was zero parking available at our planned hike so we went to Plan B and this turned out to be the best option.
Our hike started at The Basin where the Pemiwassoc River flowed over a ledge and created a 15 foot deep basin. The trail traveled up the side of the mountain, through deep forests and along a cascading river flowing from Lonesome Lake. Along the way were several nice waterfalls like Kinsman Falls and Fallen Rock Falls. The trail was covered with tree roots that wanted to trip us, then boulders that we had to walk on top to keep our feet dry. We had to cross the river at least twice by jumping from rock to rock. But the last one mile was the hardest as we literally walked over, around and on top of boulders the whole way up and then the whole mile back down. But Lonesome Lake was beautiful with the Lafayette and Lincoln Mountains as its backdrop. This is a 6.4 mile hike with slightly over 1,100 feet of vertical climb, but it sure felt longer!
To celebrate that accomplishment, John took me out to dinner! Tomorrow we head south starting our homeward trek, especially since there are freeze warnings here for tonight.
No comments:
Post a Comment