Trips Past - NCT in State Game Lands # 45 2014

"The good man is the friend of all living things."

- Mahatma Gandhi

 

 

 

North Country Trail in State Game lands #45, 2014

This trek turned into to a last minute improve situation. Paraphrasing Robert Burns "The best laid schemes of mice and men often go awry". We set out intent on trekking a small c shaped section of the NCT in Kennerdale PA and going off trail so we can loop back around. It was meant to be 16 miles and two days one night, nothing difficult. However the information I had was wrong or outdated, as the section of trail there turns into a paved bike trail. Not exactly what we where looking for. So we found some maps and went searching for nearby trails in the area and settled on another section of the NCT running through state game-lands 45.

      The hike ended up only being 10 miles and while this section of trail is not without its positive qualities, I was not overly impressed.

We did come across this impossible boulder (right). You may not be able to tell but its bigger an old school Buick and that column in the bottom left is all that supports it. If you look closely you can see that others have carved their names in it, bottom right corner. Earliest date i could make out was 1974, so the rocks been up a while. Even saw signs someone made camp under it.

As much as I enjoy taking pictures of human development or objects on trails it also saddens me some (left).

       Below a couple shots of our camp site. I was living in luxary in my tent (right) while Tim roughed it with a bivy or bivouac sack (left).  In the middle you'll see the firepit we spent way too much effort on considering it was just one night.