August 2012 – Think Different

For the summer I have been working at a Christian Camp/Resort in the Adirondack mountain region of Upstate NY called Camp-of-the-Woods. It’s my second summer up here and I am assistant managing the snack shop in camp. It’s been a good summer so far and I have about a week left to go before I wrap up here. While I enjoy working, it’s what I get to do in my off time that really makes the summer. Some of the highlights are spending a good deal of time with the girlfriend, biking, and hiking some mountains. A few weeks ago I went with my dad and a few other friends to hike Mount Colden. We were feeling ambitious and decided we were going to go in the back way through Avalanche Lake and then hike up the backside of the mountain via the Trap Dike. The hike in to Marcy Dam and then up to Avalanche Lake was gorgeous, but the real meat of the hike was climbing the Trap Dike. While it was a harrowing experience and there were definitely a few spots where the climbing was a bit beyond my rock climbing comfort level, I wouldn’t have traded it for the world. After hiking up the dike, we cut out and bushwhacked through a bunch of scrub brush to get out on the slide to climb to the top. After spending some ample time eating at the top, taking pictures, and soaking in the view, we headed down the trail and circled back around to the ADK Loj where we started from. Here are some pictures from the hike up and from the top of the mountain. What a gorgeous day and a majestic mountain. Soli Deo Gloria.