Giant of the Valley

Heading back into the Adirondacks meant more time in Wadhams with Kevin and Liz! We have been having lots of fun with them and their house is a great jumping-off-point for hiking. As an added bonus, the Wadhams Waddlers have been adding many new songs to our repertoire for our performance on August 4th at Essex Days.

On Tuesday we headed north to Poke-a-Moonshine, an oddly-named mountain with a great view. We found a closed campground and a recommendation to not hike the trail. However, there was another trail further down the road with limited parking. We got the idea that the DEC wanted us to hike the newer trail but the situation is not yet obvious.

It was a muggy day for a hike but we got some great views of the Champlain Valley from the fire tower at the top!

We headed back to Elizabethtown to get sandwiches for a late lunch and then back to Wadhams for pizza-night and music making!

On Wednesday, we headed for the Chapel Pond trail to the summit of Giant Mountain. We packed the rest of our sandwiches and hit the trail, which was steep! This trail gave us great views all the way up the mountain.

Lunch was at the peak and we lounged for a few minutes before deciding to head to Rocky Peak Ridge, which was just a mile further. There we enjoyed looking at the slides on Giant Mountain as well as Lake Champlain and the Champlain Valley.

Giant Mountain from Rocky Peak Ridge:

The beautiful Champlain Valley from Rocky Peak Ridge:

We ate michigans at Gene's in Port Henry for dinner! We're home for a day due to thunderstorms tomorrow, but we'll be back in the 'dacks on Friday.