Memorial Day Weekend

No Southern Trip again for me this year. Although I thought this year I was going, it has been pretty hard working out of town to get away on the weekends. But I still had a great Memorial Day Weekend. Saturday I spent most of the day just resting up. I spend about $200 at the Harley dealership getting some new stuff for the bike, and watched some movies and got caught up on some stuff around the house.

Sunday it was back to business. I meet up with Jim, Eric and some others for a run down the Moose. Nice level (about 3.5). I had a really nice boof at Knife's Edge, and ran the Alpine at Crystal, which seems to be wood free again. Then Jim and I did what we said we were going to do for a while and got a 2nd lap in. It is a really fun river to bomb. I ran the left side at Shurform for the 2nd time, with better results than the first, but still not great. The weather cleared out and it made for a great day of paddling.

Monday Meaghan and I decided to do some hiking. We left the Garden at about 11:30 and headed up the South Side Trail, which closely follows John's Brook. It was alot of fun seeing John's for the first time since we ran it this spring. Some of the rapids I remembered, which was pretty cool seeing them with no water. Check out the pictures below. We got some great shots of Energizer with no water in it, which actually looks better than it does with water. We made it up to the Caretaker's Cabin around 1:30, and decided to head up Marcy. It was a great day for hiking, temps in the mid 60s and NO BUGS!!!! The top of Marcy was awesome. I have to be one of the luckiest people in the world, because I was the only one at the top of Marcy when I got there on Memorial Day. It was completely silent. A really peacefull moment.

Meaghan made it to Energizer!

Lead in to Energizer....

It keeps going, and going, and going.....

Just a random rapid (but a nice one!)

On the way back down, it was getting dark pretty fast and we didn't get a chance to take a look at Bushnell Falls. That will be the next scouting mission, as I hear it is fairly runable. It looks like there is a shit ton of wood between there and the normal put in.

John's Brook "River Valley" from the top of Mt. Marcy.

It was an awesome weekend. I can't wait to get back on John's Brook. I emptied a water bottle and filled it up with some water from the put in, cause I hear it cures herpies!!! (yea I got some for you Jim!!!)

Cheers!