Lemon Squeezer, Harriman State Park (7/23/2006) This is Western Hudson Hike #10 ("Lemon Squeezer") from the book Take a Hike: New York City (1st edition) with the addition of a leg of the AT and of the Long Path for a total length of over 4 hours. (Click on the thumbnail to bring up a bigger image in a pop-up window)
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A rainy Appalachian Trail |
Curious deer |
No longer curious |
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Morning mist on Green Pond Mountain |
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Water pump overlooking Island Pond |
Island Pond |
Fishing on Island Pond |
Kayak launch |
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Algae on the lake |
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Stone spillway built by the CCC in 1934 |
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Entrance to Lemon Squeezer |
Laura about to enter |
View in from the entrance |
Laura gets squeezed |
The width is a maximum of 18" |
Dan shimmying through |
Dwarfed by the rocks |
Slippery climb on wet rocks |
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Looking down on Lemon Squeezer |
Sea of grass |
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Still drizzling |
Pines |
Intersection of AT and Long Path (51.8 miles to GWB) |
Mosquito-infested swamp on Long Path |
Rock-smashing tree |
Fields of ferns |
Fire damage of White Bar trail |
Frog |
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On the Arden-Surebridge trail |
Red eft |
Red eft |
Another mosquito-infested swamp |
View from Green Pond Mountain |
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Water break in natural rock shelter |
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