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This week we once again followed in the footprints and pawprints of our friends Daniela and Shawnee who hiked this trail earlier
this week. The weather forecast called for a good
chance of showers all day, with intermittent thunderstorms, but the sun began shining 10 minutes before we arrived and it didn't begin raining until we were
back in the car driving home. Perfect timing!
We parked in the grass circle at the trailhead on Jager Road and headed SW along Upper Ridge Road (URR), taking various spurs along the way, until we reached the remains of the Kittatinny camp at Kittatinny Camp Lake. The trail actually continues east into the woods (off the woods road) after the lake spur (there's a wand with a yellow arrow guiding equestrians to the left when heading south), but the path immediately vanished. So we returned to the road and continued a bit further south visiting the abandoned baseball fields and basketball courts before turning back. You can see our track here. Yes, I did forget to start the track until we were at least 0.1 along. Total distance hiked today was 5.8 miles in just over 3 hours.
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 Jager Road trailhead |
 Gate at trailhead |
 [Photo by Laura] |
 URR is a beautiful woods road |
 Willows and phragmites east |
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 Old post |
 Old rusted something or other |
 Spring is here! |
 Saplings |
 Long straightaway |
 Trail dandelions |
 First eastern spur |
 Heading east |
 Gorgeous saplings |
 Mountains NE |
 Partial view east |
 Boundary wall |
 Park property line |
 Woods road east of lake |
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 View of lake |
 Stone-lined woods road |
 Private property |
 Grassy area at end |
 View of lake from eastern tip |
 Private property east of lake |
 View east |
 Wet in spots |
 [Photo by Laura] |
 Interesting rock in lake |
 Canada Goose |
 Retracing on woods road |
 Trail wildflowers |
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 Back on URR |
 Guard rail over stream |
 Very old growth |
 Continuing SW |
 Spring is bursting out |
 View NE |
 Plants along trail |
 An eft! |
 Happy hiker! |
 Natural tangle |
 Shy Common Yellowthroat Warbler |
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 A rare blaze |
 Steep asphalt descent |
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 Male Scarlet Tanager |
 [Photo by Laura] |
 Swamp near Kittatinny Camp Lake |
 Bridge over stream |
 Partial view behind dam |
 Dan behind dam [photo by Laura] |
 Gate along URR |
 Camp Kittatinny Lake |
 Turtles! |
 Remains of old pier? |
 Lady and the lake |
 Fresh bear print! |
 Trail continues east but vanishes |
 Rump of deer? |
 Abanonded camp courts |
 Camp baseball field |
 Old stonework along road |
 Wand pointing to vanishing trail |
 Saw the bear print here |
 Magnolia bloom |
 Swamp near lake |
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 Trough? |
 Wildflowers in path |
 Old cinder block |
 Beautiful green! |
 Heading east on spur to first lake |
 Post in middle of nowhere |
 Lake view south |
 Turtles are out in force |
 View north |
 Hiking along bank |
 That interesting rock from earlier! |
 Gray Catbird |
 Blooming saplings |
 The only blow-down |
 Back at the trailhead |
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