A hawk's eye view
Oct. 11th, 2010 02:57 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mujetdeboisThis weekend Sweetie and I took a trip up to Hawk Mountain. It's prime raptor migration time, but we didn't see too many birds. Mostly Turkey Vultures and one Red Tailed Hawk.
One of the cool things about this spot, is it is part of the Appalachian trail as it passes through Pennsylvania. Compared to some of the hiking trails we know our some of our friends do, this has a low butt kicking factor. Only 1 trail was marked moderate, and that you might need to do some climbing. Compared to most of the trails in our region it was rough walking and has what I will call a high ankle turning potential.
However, once you walked or scrabbled to the look outs, the views were gorgeous. My only regret, the trees are only starting to change color, things should be a lot more vivid and varied in a week or so.
BTW: For those not familiar with this vista, if you look there is what appears to be white water off to the far right of the picture. It is a river, a dry one and the white you see is made up of giant people plus sized white rocks.
Here is a zoom in on that portion of the valley:
One of the cool things about this spot, is it is part of the Appalachian trail as it passes through Pennsylvania. Compared to some of the hiking trails we know our some of our friends do, this has a low butt kicking factor. Only 1 trail was marked moderate, and that you might need to do some climbing. Compared to most of the trails in our region it was rough walking and has what I will call a high ankle turning potential.
However, once you walked or scrabbled to the look outs, the views were gorgeous. My only regret, the trees are only starting to change color, things should be a lot more vivid and varied in a week or so.
BTW: For those not familiar with this vista, if you look there is what appears to be white water off to the far right of the picture. It is a river, a dry one and the white you see is made up of giant people plus sized white rocks.
Here is a zoom in on that portion of the valley:
