Things were a little damp for a mtb ride today, but not too damp to take a day hike. I needed to see if the east end of the Tuxachanie Trail – near the POW camp – is clear before trying a thru-hike anyway. It was, and it was a good day. A little muddy here and there, got my shoes wet, but never had to actually wade through water. Started at the POW camp, hiked in to Duck Pond, stopped off at the horse campground for the convenient table to have lunch, and was out of the woods by mid-afternoon. Here are a few pics from today's adventure.
Not flooding, but a good flow through one of the side streams into the Tux.
Mr. Snake says "Hi!" Probably not venomous, we all moved on peacefully.
A little waterfall, maybe 2', over an ancient buried log. It's what we got in this land of no rocks.
Mesh and stand-off foam on the daypack. Expect a review of this Osprey Talon 22 in the very near future, but yeah, this works pretty darned well at keeping my back dry.
The only other thing to note is that I started off with a 13 lb pack. Half of that was water, and I didn't even try to keep the weight down: MRE main course for lunch with a stainless spoon, the FT-60 HT (about a pound and completely pointless with a little whip antenna), a jacket, etc. Pretty heavy for a day pack, but to give a simulation of ultralight backpacking it was just right. Oh man was it easy to move with that little weight! Those ultralight backpackers are onto something.
OK, that's enough for one evening. It was a good day hike, end of story.
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