Good Morning Fellow NCTr's:
About our two-and-a-half mile, full moon hike to Booth Hill on the North Country Trail last evening:
- Bill introduced a friend - Eric, from Poland, OH - to the NCT, so the OH crew wasn't outnumbered by the PA folks. Welcome Eric!
- Tim was spot on on the weather forecast. A bit windy at the trailhead but a very pleasant evening to be in the woods with 360 degree clear skys for taking in the views. The woods were bright enough to walk the trail without a flashlight.
- You can see A BUNCH of sky from the top of Booth Hill and although the moon was bright there were many stars also visible. Tim had an amazing app on his phone that allows the user to hold it up to the sky and it identifies the stars and constellations. Cool stuff!
- "Moon Shadow Shows" - ie, strangling someone's shadow, or hitting their shadow over the head with a hiking pole shadow, are never not funny. That was the low-tech entertainment for the evening.
- I've never been on Booth Hill at night in the winter before. There are some good views off the side of the hill towards Negley and the North Fork of Little Beaver Creek.
- The warmer weather of the past few days has brought many nocturnal critters out of hibernation. On the drive to and from the gamelands I almost ran over two possums and a fox (no, the three of them weren't travelling together).
- I was able to get a few photos of our excursion, starting here.
Good time - thanks to Bill, Eric, Tim, Lee, and Eleanor for making trip out. We'll plan on doing it again in the warmer months.
Dave
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