Day 11- 9/01/04 – Long Lake Village to Cold River Lean-to

Dave

Woke at around 9am today and checked out of the Hotel around 1030. The owner of the establishment offered us a ride to the trailhead but we needed to grab some supplies on the way out so we declined. Luckily we were able to hitch a ride from a very nice lady who noticed us eating a healthy lunch of powdered donuts at the corner Stewart’s.

The trail along Long Lake is quite easy and pleasant. We made Kelly’s Point in no time and I had one of the most enjoyable swims of the trip. Warm, calm water, and plenty deep. I had a blast jumping and diving off of the rocks.

A View Down Cold River

Jess

We stopped at Plumley’s for lunch. I managed to bust my finger up pretty good when I slipped on a wet rock going to pump water. Unfreakingbelievable. I am a klutz and a half. Ate lunch without incident and readied ourselves for the 4+ miles to Shattuck Clearing. We both started to tire on this stretch of the trail and it soon turned quite ugly with blow down and flooded sections. After several hairy reroutes around some serious beaver activity, we reached Shattuck Clearing only to decide there was no real place to camp. So we pushed on to Cold River which was just under a mile away. I’m glad we did. The lean-to was in a very nice spot and it’s a beautiful river. And its name is no joke – that water is coooold. But the lean-to was also home to some very brave mice. One ran right up to the Snickers bar next to me and boldly tried to take a bite out of it.

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Jess on Long Lake	Beaver Activity	Plumbley's Tree
Flooded Trail	Flooded Area Near Cold River	Cold River