Footprints and Footnotes

This year I decided to ring in the New Year differently; I chose to meet up with my good friend from Dickinson and spend New Year's Eve and the first day of 2013 backpacking in Michaux Forest. The outing was planned on pretty short notice and soon we left our car behind in Caledonia and began our short trek on the Appalachian Trail (pictured above). We left the AT at Locust Gap, following the Locust Gap Trail mostly downhill to Long Pine Reservoir. There we crossed the road and continued around the reservoir until it began to get dark (we had a late start). We hiked uphill off the trail some and set up camp in a flat(ish) area between some trees. Dinner that night was lasagna and once we had our fill we decided to walk some more to keep warm. We met about 6 snowmobilers out on the icy roads before we turned back for our warm sleeping bags.