After this week being so cold and icy, everything now is turning to mud.

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After this week being so cold and icy, everything now is turning to mud. The road near the campsite has a section that was all ice a day ago, now it’s turned to a deep mud puddle. Fortunately the other direction doesn’t seem so bad as it’s sloped. While there was six inches of snow here last weekend, the ground never froze below the snow and ice, and now that the weather has gotten well above freezing its all turned to mush. While I was careful to leave Big Red parked on a gravel lot, the once snow and ice covered campsite by tomorrow certainly will be all mud. But I plan to leave pretty early tomorrow and I’ll try to minimize my trips trampling the ground.

Overlooking the Pond

The Watkins Glen Library is on school property.

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The Watkins Glen Library is on school property. Which means I have to park on street. Which is fine, but of course, it’s odd/even parking in the winter based on the day of the week. So I had to move my truck to the other side of the street. Which was annoying.

Along North Path

Earlier today hiked back to Lucifer Falls at Robert Robert H. Treman State ParkRobert H. Treman State Park Treman State Park.

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Earlier today hiked back to Lucifer Falls at Robert Robert H. Treman State ParkRobert H. Treman State Park Treman State Park. Also hiked the CCC trail. Then drove one of my favorite stretches of highway, NY 13 through the Newfield Valley. I just like the wide valley, nice looking hills. Poked around Montour Falls, hiked up the bridge, then did the north rim trail at Watkins Glen. Many of those photos were shot with my camera so I’ll post them later. Sitting now on the jetty at the Watkins Glen village park out on Seneca Lake, thinking about heading back into town, killing time at the library on the internet then heading back to Montour Falls to see the lights at dusk as it looks really decked out for the holidays. I’ll head back to camp around 5:30, then cook dinner and start a fire, so I can enjoy the final night of the December road trip. Between the sun and driving I should have sufficient power for tonight. Tomorrow morning I’ll take down camp and start head back home, hopefully by dusk.

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