Saturday after work a friend & I headed to Harriman State Park for a nice overnight hike to enjoy the largest full moon in 18 years. We both agreed on hiking the Appalachian Trail (A.T.) from Seven Lakes Drive to West Mountain Shelter. We arrived short of 5pm and were on the trail. We hiked for about an hour or so before reaching the shelter and seeing at least 8 tents and what appeared to be a scout troop of kids. After a short discussion we decided to hike on another mile to set camp on Timp Mountain.
 |
| Timp Mountain in the distance. |
Another 35 minutes of hiking. We reach the Timp. Unreal. We had this mountain all to ourselves. The choices for setting camp seemed endless and all so close to the summit. Just short of sunfall we had our tents set in this nice nook surrounded by rock walls & boulders which blocked the wind quite nicely for the most part.
Then came the moon. As Charlie Sheen would say "Epic!". I swear it almost looked like a second Sun for that first hour or so. Glowing bright orange and just looked enormous. We were both in awe and so grateful to be sleeping on a mountain that night. Later on as the Moon rose the shadows of Timp mountain and others were amazing, Moon shadows. Great conversation throughout the night enjoying the views from the summit and also sitting around a nice bonfire where we set camp. Sometime around midnight we went to our tents to get some sleep.
After a a good sleep under the moon & stars I awoke around 8am. Mike was already up and wandering around camp. I just laid in my tent for a little while and enjoyed the cool crisp air while being snug as a bug in a rug. We decided to hangout on the Timp for awhile and just enjoy the joy. The views from this mountain are amazing, even better then West Mountain.
No comments:
Post a Comment