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Hiking Colvin and Blake
Two more high peaks down, and I lived to tell the tale. Just barely. 😉 Saturday morning Christine and I met up at exit 9 park & ride and went up north again to do some hiking. Colvin and Blake were on the agenda. We met two of her friends at the St. Huberts parking lot and got a pretty early start (around 8:30am). The first three miles were on a dirt road in the AMR (private land), which is a road that leads to a bunch of different trailheads to other various high peaks. It was a nice leisurely walk. It was a long day. First we made it…
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My Third High Peak – Tabletop Mountain
Oh the Adirondacks, how I love thee! Saturday my friend Brendan and I drove up to the High Peaks area to do some hiking with Christine and her friends. She’s in the middle of hiking all 46 high peaks and wanted to hike Table Top Mountain. We met her up there at the Adirondack Loj where the trail began. Finding the Loj was pretty easy, there are three huge parking lots for hikers, and a camp shop for buying supplies and renting bear canisters. There are also bathrooms and showers! Off we went for our little jaunt in the woods. Table Top is one of the unmarked trails, but the…
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Hiking My First High Peaks – Cascade and Porter Mountains
Friday night after work I drove up to the Lake Placid area to meet Chris and his cousins. They had been backpacking in the Adirondacks since Monday and were done—they were already settled into a KOA Campground in Wilmington, and I was meeting them up there for some camping! First, I met them at Lake Placid Pub and Brewery for dinner, after driving 2+ hours a beer was much needed! For dinner I ordered the maple and pear flatbread. The flavors were great but this flatbread was way overdone. Should have been taken out of the oven way earlier, I think I cut my mouth on the crispy edges about…