Buck Mountain, 6/13/08 Hike #2 with Cate

On our way to the mountain, Cate and I discovered that stopping for signs that catch our attention is nearly as fun as the hike itself. There's lots of funny signs out there if you look for them.

ICE SEASON. CREAM IS HERE????

Cate...I don't get it?? OOOoohohhhhhhhh.........

WE LOVE PEOPLE TOO!!!!!

What you need to know, is that this was a Sunday morning, church WAS in session, it was a packed house. The front of the church is all glass, facing towards this sign. So yes, they were all in there watching us do this. We ran out of, and back into the car, and sped out of there as fast as we could. I'm pretty sure they were in there praying for us.

Even after all of the "ARE YOU (*^*$^%$ KIDDING ME IT'S GETTING STEEPER???"....the view from the summit makes all of those pains go away. Kinda like birth pains. You have the kid and forget about the pains. Right? Uhh....WHAT??????

I'm always laughing at something. And yes...my sports bra matches my shorts, which match the blue in my new boots (which you can't see)

Buck Mountain, Southern Adirondacks

Near: Lake George, NY

Distance: ~7 miles round trip

Elevation Gain: 2330 ft/ 710 m

Hike Time: The book says 4-5 hours, Cate and I totally knocked this off in 2-3.

Trail Condition: Well maintained trail

Level of difficulty: Moderate with some strenuous parts

We got started off a little later then we wanted to, but we still made it before it got dark on the way down. On our way there, we got lost. Which wasn't a bad thing because we drove past that church, as shown above. We saw that sign, slammed on the breaks, and had to turn around in some one's driveway to get a picture of that one.


Then we decided we were hungry. You don't even want to know what we ate. NOT healthy before a hike. Actually, most likely had something to do with the fact I nearly passed out on the way up. Wait, was it that, or the fact that I had just gotten out of the hospital two weeks prior, and have been completely sedentary for about three weeks total? I had been yelled at by many people, telling me that I shouldn't be hiking mountains quite yet, and of course some people concerned about me being around poison ivy. I love ya'll...but.........ain't nobody take my pride, ain't nobody gonna slow me down..oh no....I got to keep on moving. OK, I don't know where that came from. But yeah, I HAD to go. I had the new boots, and the color coordinated outfit. There was nothing stopping me. What, am I supposed to stay out of the woods forever? :)

Anyway, as you can see it was an overcast day. Actually, it rained before AND after but not during. Praise God! Since we're not too schooled in the hiking are (yet), we both realized neither one of us had a flashlight. We also found out after, that apparently there are rattlesnakes there. Eww.

The list of hiking things that I need keeps continually growing. Someone asked me if I had a compass. Ummm me?? To be 100% honest with you, I just spelled compass 'compus'. So yeah, I don't even know how to spell that. You think I know how to use one? OK I know, I better learn.

Lots of you have been bugging me to get this post up, and I've been dying to, and I have tons more I want to write...I just haven't had the time, nor will I have any time this week. I was telling someone today, how something funny or completely random happens in my life EVERY SINGLE DAY and I wish I had the time to post it all because it's great material.

There were no creepy stalker guys on this trip, nor was there a busload of German children/chaperones from NYC at the summit. Crap! I totally forgot to post that video from Monument!!

OK gotta post the video from Monument!