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Long Path South etc. Trail Adventures

(12) 9/6,7/2016 Long Path hike
Berme Rd. to Jenny Lane

1- Jenny Lane Parking lot 8:40 am

Jenny Lane Parking lot 8:40 am

2- At Berme Rd. Dave and his wonder pack

Berme Rd. Dave putting on his wonder pack

3- Berme Rd entrance

Long Path entrance from Berme Rd.

9:20 am and away we go - movie

4- following the Long path aqua blaze

Following the Long Path aqua blaze along the Mine Hole Trail

This section of the trail has plenty of shade

Less shade and more rock face

And more rock trail

Lots and lots of blueberries

A turn Blaze

The traditional turn blaze

I think this is a turn blaze

The trail is never the same and is always changing

Here we followed the cairns

Black and White ...by Nature

Here we followed the cairns and blazes

Trail to Panther Rock

More trail

A little overgrown here

We’ll follow the aqua blazes

Dave stops to read todays paper

Lots of Bear scat along the trail

It’s been very dry but there’s a lot of mushrooms around

Now we follow the Berry Picker Trail

On our way to the High Point Trail

Berry picker buckets in the trees

More beautiful trail

Now up and over some rocks

Just follow the cairns

Nice trail

In some places there were LP markers

Getting near a viewpoint

Nice view -1

Nice view -2

Yikes a snake

Bush-wacking around the snake

Hard to see the path here

Our trail goes right down the middle

A turn blaze with a view

And what a fabulous view

Fabulous view - movie

Hiking partners Marty & Dr. Dave

Connecting with the High Point Trail

Don’t turn here, keep going forward

We’ll go to the right at this sign

Along the High Point Trail

High Point

High Point marker …height 1942'

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Marker close up

High Point view

High Point view - panoramic movie

Following the red blaze

The trail goes where?

There goes Marty trying not to fall

The trail is right on the edge

Beautiful trail along the rim

And a beautiful view

Another rock face to climb

Version 2

On to Verkeerder Kill Falls

Version 2

Verkeerder Falls ...almost dry

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Marty squeezing a little water out of the falls

Here the SRT is coaligned with the Senic Trail

This section could use some clipping

Another gorgeous view

More rock trail

More rock trail

And still more rock trail

There goes David

That must be Mud Pond

Bog bridging, not needed today everything is so dry

Ready for the night

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There’s always time for Jameson

Taking no chances, we hang our food bag

Day 2 we notice some new bog bridging nearby

It’s 8:30 am and David is ready to get started

David, please don’t look down

Another great view

Lake Awosting looking East

Along the Awosting Lake carriage road

Looking West across the lake

Stream coming out of Lake Awosting

Now we turn onto the Jenny Lane Trail

The rocky section of the Jenny Lane trail

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Here the trail is wide and clear

Reached the Blueberry Rum trail and time for a break

The beautiful Jenny Lane Trail

Bog bridgeing on the trail

Sanders Kill ...totally dry

We’re finished. 16.65 miles

Hike GPS track

Our hike’s GPS track

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