Good afternoon Jim, Shawn, Ken, Shaun, John, and everyone

White crap is all cleaned up..

Now slacking begins..

Hope your day is going good

 

Back from the hike. Cool but pretty day. Maybe an inch of frsh white snow and we were the only ones out. Good fun and good exercise. No one ice fishing on the lake.








Snowing on top. Couldn't make it to the fire tower from this side because of the ice. Even with crampons it was impossible - the ice was very hard and getting the crampons to stick was almost impossible. Might have made it up the rock face but coming down would have been another story.

 

You are tougher than I am.........

 

Thanks for the pictures Shawn.......
On the far side of the lake.....about the middle, my folks owned a summer home back in the early 60's........Dad was stationed in the DC area when we went to Lake Elmore for a 2 week vacation. Everyone liked it so much, they purchased a cottage before we came back home.....Those were some special years......I first learned to sail on that lake....

 

Small world. It is a pretty spot. Lots of lovely camps on the lake. Mostly handed down from one generation to the next. Seldom come on the market. The hike is good exercise - 4.4 miles with an elevation gain of about 2500 feet. We Army types have to be able to get out and hike and eat MRE's - you Navy guys get the fine china and fancy food - not a lot of places to hike on a ship.

 

That is a little tricky in the summer

 

The state park campground is really nice and relaxing. Too bad the lake is full of milfoil weed

 

Nice pics Shawn...

 

Good evening Vermont and Jim!

Thanks for sharing your pics Shawn.

 

Good morning Vermont and FTE land. Have a productive hump day. Got a dusting of snow overnight

 

Yup, I wasn't sure just how icy it would be but suspected it might be too much to try safely. I was right! Glad I was smart enough to stop at the remains of the caretakers hut and call it good.

Never camped at Elmore but it looks to be a really nice campground. I didn't realize the lake was so infested with milfoil. The beach is always crowded in summer.

We got a dusting here too but still not more than an inch of fresh snow over the last 2 days.

So the question is, what to do today? No meetings, no requirements. Hardly know what to do with a day off.







Maybe I just found the answer for what to do on a day off. But it's Lent....damn.

 

Morning Vermont.

 

Good morning Vermonters, do you know what day it is??

 

Good morning Shawn. You could hike Spruce. Might have close to 2" of new snow total

 

Good morning Shaun. That would be a good start for the day