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This is the Hike of the Week for
4/9/2009
as described on the NYNJTC website, with a quarter-mile out and back to visit Hippo Rock. Total distance traveled was 6 miles in about 3.5 hours.
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 Silvermine Lake |
 Closer view |
 Barbecues on Menomine trail |
 Creek between Silvermine Lake and Lake Nawahunta |
 Surrounded by wildflowers |
 Old parking area for ski area |
 Pines |
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 Grave of James H. Lewis |
 Pines across Lake Nawahunta |
 Lake Nawahunta |
 Hawk and crow battle |
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 [Photo by Laura] Dan taking ... |
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 The Lewis Mine |
 Closer in |
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 [Photo by Laura] |
 On Nawahunta Fire Road |
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 Marsh to the north |
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 Mountain Laurel ... |
 ... flowers ... |
 ... were ... |
 ... blooming |
 Tiny red eft |
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 On the Long Path |
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 Beautiful ferns |
 Stockbridge Cave Shelter and chimney |
 Fireplace is in left corner |
 View from inside |
 Stockbridge Cave Shelter |
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 Steep climb here |
 Roof of Stockbridge Shelter |
 It was built in 1928 |
 View from the roof |
 Zoom of view |
 It was our lunch spot |
 View from inside |
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 Steep descent |
 A rocky patch of the Long Path |
 Ferns along Menomine trail |
 Hippo Rock, a huge glacial ... |
 ... erratic juts out to the trail |
 Back to Menomine trail |
 [Photo by Laura] |
 Back to Lake Nawahunta |
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 Mallards cleaning in Lake Nawahunta |
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 Mallards from other bank |
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