Almost immediately in the morning we crossed West Canada Creek, another of the memorably beautiful spots.
We were focused on doing our job, but to keep moving. We wanted to get off the trail in good time. Ate lunch at Pillsbury Lake which is perhaps my favorite shelter location on the NCT in the Adirondacks. The lake is truly beautiful.
It even has a rocky island!
This picture is for David Snoek who advised me to keep my feet dry! This pretty much sums up the day.
One really good thing I can report is that this entire stretch is at least minimally marked with NCT emblems. This includes the two intersections with the Northville-Lake Placid Trail where one might get confused. It's only a beginning, but it's good to see those reassuring markers every once in a while.
Now Marie has taken over the spotting and helping duties. I'll have to get a picture of her tomorrow. I'll also explain our slight change of plans then. She scoped out a church spaghetti dinner for us that was yummers! But now I have to get some things ready for tomorrow. It is our last trail day, and we can use the daypacks, but it is going to be long and difficult.
New York, Adirondacks, North Country Trail, just east of South Lake to Pillsbury Mountain TH. 9 miles
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Beautiful scenery there. So much for keeping your feet dry
ReplyDeleteLulu: "Ahhh, the West Canada Creek! Our Dada says he is very familiar with that, mainly on account of it likes to flood all the time back around where he grew up ..."
ReplyDeleteAnn- my feet are very happy today- not wet even once. Not shoes even once. Only sandals!
ReplyDeleteLulu- tell Dada that it makes me very happy that he knows so many places that are important to me