Not many steps in a small wilderness....

but sometimes that's all that's needed.  I've been a little drawn down lately and struggling to beat back the relentless  fatigue from chemo drugs and dialysis. With my wife's help, we went to the Lake George Wilderness for a 10 mile walk on icy trails. It was absolutely wonderful to be out. Microspikes were their usual godsend.  The first beaver pond yielded some fun.



I  walked a little down the shore, hoping I could get a better shot.




Popped right up in front of me!

We stayed at our favorite shelter, we used this one for a trail Thanksgiving a few years ago.






This pretty UL system keeps us toasty. It was in the high teens at night. I heard Great Horned, Short eared and Saw-Whet Owls, and a pack of coyotes ran across the pond yipping and kyeeeing away around midnight. Party animals. Lots of woodpeckers, but poor photo ops.







I stayed out on the ice quite a bit in a tee shirt. Spring!  We did summit one off trail peak up a series of ledges and got a filtered view of the Killington, Vt Peaks, and the Tongue Mt.  range on Lake George.  We tried out a Mountain House Chile Mac for dinner I picked up on a dividend from EMS.  It was darn good. I'll buy it again. 




I hope this last one isn't too risque, birth of a birch.