Another Hike

We're late getting out the door here, but leaving momentarily. Planning on doing what is called the cliff and cascade trail today, around a 10 mi figure 8. Won't be getting back until this evening, Stay tuned.....

 

I took alot of pictures, but many came out poor, probably because I was walking while taking pics.

The first pic is of Matt and Maple starting the hike up.





This area is a little tricky when its icy, but not bad when it's dry. The hardest thing was worrying about Maple, but she chose the right path towards the left going down



A sweet chimney, the only structure left standing at a ruin location.




Maple attracted to h20



Down in a gorge area, many blow downs


A sweet crossing above a cascading waterfall.

 

NE PA in the Northernmost section of the Delaware Water Gap. The Appalachian Trail is just across the river in NJ at this point. It was about a half hour north of our Christmas Hike on Mt.Minsi last week.

 

Stinny, the chimney was about 2.5 miles from the nearest road. Here's a better pic:

 

I gather the chimney was 15ft, maybe up to 18ft.

From an excerpt in a hiking book we got the maps from.....

"Homestead-Much of this area was farmed during previous centuries.People who lived on this land, those same people who's hands may have helped pile the rock walls, have left their lifeways apparent in many forms. A stone chimney, constructed with rocks that would have been gathered locally."

We could also trace the foundation of this small home or camp. A little further down the trail there was a wet depression where an earthen dam was constructed. The dam backed up the water flowing down the slope for a seasonal pool, and formed a pond that may have been 7-8 ft deep. According to the book, these dams were for fire prevention.

 

It was cool. Our next hike will be at the tip of the area we were just at. Dawn wants to go back, and there were quite a few chimneys on the hike i remember from years ago. These hikes are quite long and can get strenuous in spots.

Also in the NJ highlands, there was a hike with some cool caves, loaded with bats, hibernating, covered in frost. We'll have to get back there too sometime soon.

 

Yea it is. He was carried some of the way. Do you think about 10 miles is a smaller dogs limit? He enjoyed every minute of it, but I did tell Dawn that the temps we were in today were probably around the cutoff temps for him despite being bundled up in his sweater.

 

Actually, while writing this DaveGunter, i mentioned to Dawn that maybe 10 miles is a bit to far. So, like any human, the good old internet says, 1 mile per 1 lb of dog. Saucy is just shy of 11 lbs, lol, so I guess were ok.

 

Baby Piney will love it! Hiking is good for the mind and soul. It clears out all the junk, you become one with nature, and, at least for me, feel like your walking with Jesus. No other can replicate what is around you in the woods and on treeless mountain tops except Him the Artist, The Creater.

 

I need to upload some pics of our white mountain hikes in New Hampshire. This is me on top of Mt Hancock 4420' if I remember correctly. My son Matt started hiking the high peaks when he was 8 years old and has close to 15 4000+ footers under his belt. The second pic is he and I decending Mt Tripyramid......