Last night was alright, except for herbert. The friendly mouse that decided to rip my toilet paper to shreds while i was watching the stars. I came back to a T.P massacre. It was everywhere. I scared herbert before he could finish the dastardly deed. He was brown and white and even though he looked innocent i saw past the cute smirk on his face saying, "who me?"
I started off on the trail making good time. I got to long creek falls at around 11:30. 5.1 miles from starting at 8:00 in the morning. The falls were beautiful. I took a swim in the cold water and found it very refreshing. I watched the majestic falls for about an hour then moved on to go to the hawk mountain shelter. It was up all the way, for 2.9 miles. Hard but enjoyable. I found a big oak tree with a big hole in it, like an owl hole. I peered up in it to see almost all the way up the tree. I didn't see any one but i'm not saying there couldn't be someone there. I also hit a big field on the way. It was huge and open, could of seen stars but i decided to finish to the shelter.
I came to the shelter and sat there for a while and had cheerios. Then i made pasta, ate it then sat around talking with the 12-14 people around the shelter. We sat by the fire and talked about random stuff. I then went to bed after seeing the stars.
White Magic Out
I enjoy the night sky also, White Magic. I believe God sweeps the black velvet canvas with glittering diamonds just to astound us. And it works!
ReplyDeleteOooooh, that sounds wonderful. I hope you get to do more of that kind or trekking soon.
ReplyDeleteI've hiked to that elevation before and I've learned that you can get sunburned pretty quickly. I miss doing it (not the sunburn) and have not gone on any real trips in New Jersey. There is an orgnaization that hikes the Applilachian Trail. I'd love to do that sometime.