After spending a good portion of the afternoon up at Tawandus, I decided to go back down to Cheney Pond, and camp at the roadside site there. But first some paddling around the pond, then some dinner.
Taken on Saturday May 21, 2011 at Lester Flow and Cheney Pond.
There are two other campsites near this area, however by far I fell in love with this campsite. I would have stayed here, but it's a ways back, and I wanted to explore the rest of the forest. I also was worried about the risk of bad weather washing out or making this already super muddy road even muddier.
Taken on Saturday May 21, 2011 at Vanderwhacker Mountain Wild Forest.
You can understand where the Boreas River gets it name.
Taken on Saturday May 21, 2011 at Vanderwhacker Mountain Wild Forest.
When the Open Space Insitute bought these lands in 1994, these buildings where still standing, but where collapsing. Now they have largely all collapsed in on themselves. I don't know if they could have been saved, but it's kind of sad to see history just devolving back to woods.
Taken on Saturday May 21, 2011 at Tahawus.
There was a single road campsite, overlooking the parking lot and Cheney Pond. There is a lean-to and two other campsites on the other side of the lake, only accessible by boat.
Taken on Saturday May 21, 2011 at Lester Flow and Cheney Pond.
Looking North from the camping area along NY 28N... This part is relatively flat water, but fast moving (in part due to spring), and below NY 28N, you start to get back into the rapids.
Taken on Saturday May 21, 2011 at Vanderwhacker Mountain Wild Forest.