The Full Vermonty

We had a really good weekend out in the woods. We went in to the Adirondacks National park in northern New York. Tim, Nate, Ama (the dog) and I set up camp on the edge of Indian Lake which was cool because it was still half frozen. We spent most of Saturday hiking up Snowy Mountain. It was 3898 feet high and it was a pretty hard climb. The top part of the mountain was still snowy and in places it was very deep. At one point I was in up to my waist in snow. The dog seemed to love it, she went crazy, running up and down the mountain, then coming back to make sure that we were all behind her. The last part to the summit took us ages to get past because there was only a thin layer of snow on top of ice. So every step we took, we slid back down. Once we got to the summit, the view was amazing. A little further into the trees there was a Fire Tower which we climbed. It was high, cold and windy and covered in ice and snow. We planned on eating lunch up there but as you can imagine the conditions were not really favourable enough. On the way back down we put on snow shoes for the snowiest part at the top. Knackered, we headed tp a local bar where I had one of the best burgers I've had in ages.

We hung around the National park for most of Sunday and then we made our way back to Tim's parents in Utica. Nate went back to Syracuse and Tim and I hung out in Utica before making our way to Burlington Vermont. I've spent the last few days hanging out with Tim, unfortunately I have been feeling pretty ill. Today we went to the Ben and Jerry's factory, a company that was started in Burlington. It was pretty cool to see where the magic happens. We got to sample one of the Caramel flavours which was tasty. The plan for now is to get myself well, then head to Montreal for the weekend. Then do some more hiking next week before I go to New York.