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This last weekend I found myself on a day hike into the Catskills around the North-South Lake Campgrounds. I don’t at all consider myself an outdoors type person, but I’m definitely comfortable in the woods. We arrived midday at the trail head and headed right into the trails. Around lunch time I realized how unprepared I was for the hike, in my early morning stupor I only managed to pack a jar of peanut butter and a 32 oz Nalgene water bottle into my ruck alongside my camera and unneeded poncho. We found a small south facing cliff called “Inspiration Point” where we decided to sit down and eat lunch. Pooling our food together we had a decent amount, key ingredients being frozen chicken breast, frozen salmon, Snyder’s pretzels and a jar of peanut butter. After slathering peanut butter on the pretzels and gnawing on frozen chicken breast I found myself surprisingly satisfied.
The rest of the day was a hike around the lake to a high point called “Sunset Rock” that gave us a great view of the lake. Standing on a boulder stenciled with “Sunset Rock” I could see the opposite side of the ridge we had lunch on and the lakes we hiked around. It’s always so satisfying getting to the top and seeing how far I came to get to the top. I tried to pack light and only brought my 35L, but if I had one a 24-70L would’ve been great for the scenery. Definitely a more than decent way to spend a Saturday. So much so that I’m trying to head up there again in the coming weeks.
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November marks the end of alternate side parking. It’s about now that once the sun hits the high point at noon then darts for the horizon. My favorite time of the year is when the sun just hangs really low in the sky covering everything in that orange-gold light, but that time of year was three months ago. I woke up this morning and it was 35 degrees out, the little snowflake in my car’s dashboard came on. Clearly it’s winter. Looks like I’ve got to get as much of the sun in as I can before it turns all kinds of gray and dreary.
This past Sunday I got a photo shoot in with Liz, Hanna and Morgan. I’m convinced that it was the last of the warm sun we’re gonna see until the Spring. It was a good way to see the Summer go, the sun hung around as long as it could and let me snap some really crisp shots. A setting sun coming through a wood line is about as good as it gets in my book. I can’t wait until I get to share more of what I shot that day.
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