Hemlocks Lean-to
Again the morning was hot and muggy today and I worry that the last couple days heat will go on. The climb out of the shelter area was not as bad as we feared.
Early in the day we were on a road walk the passed a retirement community called Noble Horizons which has a scuplture exhibit that we popped in to look at. It was called Color Feilds and was abstract which isn't my cup of tea but the pond it was by was a great spot to break. The pond was very relaxing with reeds, toads, fish, birds, and flowers for all sorts.
The day after that was very up and down. As we approached Bear Mountain the sky opened up and we got a hard but very refreshing rain. As the summit was exposed we did not linger at all and pretty
much flew by and headed down the other rocky and steep side. It was extrodinary hazardous with a river of water flowing down the rocks making everything slick and hard. I slipped once and it coul have been bad but luckly as I slid down the rock my left foot wedged between a couple of rocks and stopped me within a couple feet. The inside of my left shin banged on the rock pretty hard though and I am sure tomorrow I will wake up to a nasty bruise. All in all I am fine and I am sure will be sore a few days with the pinched foot.
We finished another state today, Connecticut. CT was beatiful though I wish I had spent more time in Cornwall Bridge and less in Kent.
On top of Race mountain the wheather had cleared up but the clouds remained and made an extrodinary horizon. The clouds reduced the sky to a narrow band of color by the horizon and white and grey elsewhere. The sun colored the western horizon with bright hues of red, orange, yellow and that faded into a subdued hue of blue.
I mentioned today was up and down and to give you an idea what I did today here are just the larger climbs we did; 1000' to Lions Head, 1600' up Bear Mountain, 1000' Race Mnt, back down 800' and up 900' to Mt. Everett and right down 800' on the other side.
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