Algonquin and Dix wilderness hikes with Jenny and Micah
July 2010

Trailhead	rock hopping	cooling off in the river
relaxing	pink sunset	peeking at the falls
moon in the glow	breakfast at Cascade Lake	off from South Meadow
to Marcy dam	serious ascending	relaxing at McIntryre brook
nearing treeline on Wright	alpine goldenrod abounds	open rock ascent
it's very windy	more climbing	a pose on top
boots with a view	back down over	a summit puddle
steep descent	watch your step	nearing treeline
into the trees	sloppy trails	lots of rock to climb
or rest upon	seriously steep	ascending open rock
alpine vegetation	a pause	rattlesnakeroot
lots of ascent	rest out of the wind	summit mushroom
sky darkens	a rapid descent	lots of open rock
a blue sky day at treeline	but british soldiers lurk	descent into trees
trail crosses	and follows streams	a fine rest
a view of Colden	pose at avalanche lake	dragonfly
hard to leave this spot	trail bolted on	straight up the mountains on opposite shores
ladders	nearing lake's end	view from the end
rappeling	into the pass	an below an avalanche
back to Marcy dam	Atlantic Fritillary Butterfly	trrailside dam
back near camp	breakfast	glare
stream in the dike	morning hop	into the Dix wilderness
climbing Etown No. 4	to views	indian pipes
steep open rock	a pause	more climbing
peaceful rest	grand view	down before up
steep down	glacial boulders strewn	before the mountain of doom
really	its just like limping in a rock garden	fine views from spotted mountain
we pose	the easy way down	nice ledge
descent through thick woods	down north	lunch at the stream
and some relaxing	we wander down to catch the herdpath	beaver pond to meadow
rock hop	relaxing, peaceful, clean	a visitor is excited
scratches	beavers tolerate our visit	biting toe nails
the kids frolick	the beaver dam is impressive and the mountins we climbed	a morning hop or two and we are home