 Heading out from the Seward trailhead |
 camp beyond Blueberry lean-to |
 I have breakfast by this stream on the climb of Seward |
 Ice on the climb |
 View of Ampersand lake ans mountain on the climb |
 I make the summit of Seward, wet and cold from the climb through wet brush in 40 degree weather |
 I pause here in the sun on the way off Seward toward Donaldson |
 Donaldson offers a nice view to the east |
 and I rest and dry my socks |
 I reach Emmons |
 where there are some good views, including Long Lake |
 I return to Donaldson for lunch and enjoy the clear sky |
 Descending toward Seward, I decide to follow a herd path west |
 it descends to Calkins Brook |
 where I can pick up a horse trail, back to the trail I came in |
 I get bright views of the beaver ponds along the way |
 and decide to go beyond camp, toward Duck hole, even though there is no hope of making it to Duck hole and back before dark. I find a spring |
 nice streams |
 and get stopped by a beaver pond covering a hundred feet of trail |
 it is a beautiful pond |
 the frogs croaking was deafening, and the tadpoles eat |
 heading back to camp, the sun catches a spider web |
 and a shelf mushroom adjusted angles to the fallen tree |
 the next morning I have breakfast climbing Seymore |
 reaching waterfalls |
 and views down the slide |
 climbing through jumble most of the way |
 I reach the peak (it even has a sign!) |
 I rest out of the wind |
 Another view of Ampersand |
 Back to camp, I grab my pack, and eat lunch on the way out |
 pollen on the boot |
 I drive to the Ampersand trailhead, finding lots of woodpecker holes |
 the climb gets steep near the top |
 some ice and big rocks |
 very stiff winds |
 the Rice memorial |
 although I passed 20 people coming down, I had the summit to myself |
 great seat |
 resting out of the wind |
 view along the summit |