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This is the hike of the week for 9/22/2006 as
described on the NYNJTC site. We did this loop, following the description in the book
50 Hikes in New Jersey, way back in
July of 2005, so it was time to return. Today the weather was gorgeous, with highs only in the low-80s,
a welcome respite after several weeks of humidity and temperatures in the 90s. So I took the day off from work and went hiking with my
friend Andy. We couldn't have picked a better day. The insects didn't even bother us, even though half the hike skirted a swamp!
Total distance was 6 miles in about 3 hours, with lunch near the Catfish Fire Tower.
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 Trail head on Millbrook Village Road |
 Spur trail to nowhere |
 Butterfly |
 Cairn in campground |
 Woods road |
 Swamp trail begins |
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 View north |
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 Rhododendron thicket |
 Rhododendron thicket |
 Tiny toad |
 Overgrown path in parts |
 Rocky stretch |
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 First glimpse of Catfish pond |
 Beaver lodge in pond |
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 Another lodge |
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 Narrow path |
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 Andy on a curious foundation |
 Pipe in foundation |
 Was it a well? |
 Mohican Outdoor Center building |
 Elaborate puncheons |
 The climb begins |
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 At the ridge |
 What a view |
 View SE |
 View south to the Gap |
 Jersey farmlands |
 Lower Yards Creek Reservoir |
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 On the AT |
 Nearly constant views |
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 View SE |
 View south |
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 View east |
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 Andy sending photo on phone |
 Old gnarly tree |
 Catfish firetower |
 View from the bottom |
 View of Andy from the top |
 Can't go any higher |
 View to the Gap |
 Mount Tammany |
 View north |
 View down |
 Antenna to the NE |
 View to the north |
 Climbing back down |
 Antenna tower |
 Powerline cut |
 Rusted handrails |
 Slightly inappropriate Andy |
 Wildflowers at the base |
 Tower was built in 1922 |
 Woods road back |
 A slightly rocky AT |
 Hillside of rocks (and Andy) |
 Rhododendron thicket on AT |
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