Today, my elder niece turned ten - wow! Double digits. It's pretty cool. She's smart, athletic, and fun. And unusually focused and determined. With her hair long, she actually reminds me a lot of Buffy the vampire slayer. (Let's hope she doesn't get that particular call, though!)
I got an early start today, so I decided to go for the gusto and see if I could complete the Cold Spring to Beacon traverse before the rain hit.
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I was pushing hard along Washburn, and reached this point
(after the junction with Undercliff [y]) in an hour |
One of the fun parts of the Notch trail is a point where a tree has fallen across the path, and many, many hikers have built cairns all over the trunk and the general area.
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| a small glimpse of the left side of the path |
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| The cairns keep proliferating! |
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| A message from Carly Rae Jepsen.... |
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| A Pawtuckaway wanna-be? |
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| Panorama! |
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| This is the first snake I've seen in Cold Spring/Beacon area. It was about 3 feet long, I think, and was slithering along the hiking trail in front of me. It was a bit of a cold day for snakes, so I'm not sure why it was out and about. |
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| I included this because the scene (in real life) reminded me of the M.C. Escher painting, Puddle |
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| Hudson River - view from the train |
Route was Washburn (white) up and over Mt. Taurus [2.3 miles] to Notch (blue) to Breakneck Ridge (white) to Casino (red) [1 mile]. Plus another 2.6 miles to and from trailhead. It was 29,700 steps over 6.25 hours. The first few drops of rain came when I was walking along 9D to the train station, and the shower didn't start until I was actually comfortably sheltered under the station roof.
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