Hike #169; Delaware Water Gap to Wind Gap

 Hike #169

On Table Rock

4/26/5

 

Delaware Water Gap-Wind Gap with Gerry Martiniak, Stacy Scarpino, Scott McCracken, and Marvin Venable

 

This was another hike where the journal was lost for it to the fire. Maybe someone will find a copy of it along the way, at which time I'll paste it onto here, but I'll just slap in what I remember.

 

I remember it being unusually hot for the time of Spring. There were three newcomers, and Gerry was the only Helbing Hike veteran.

At Resort Point Overlook, Del Water Gap PA

Falls on Caldeno Creek

Falls on Caldeno Creek draining Lake Lenape

Mt Tammany view from the top of Mt. Minsi

Atop Mt. Minsi on the AT

I wore my nice blue blazer with a tie and everything because I thought it would be colder, but it ended up being very hot, and so I regretted it. We met in Wind Gap in the morning, then shuttled a car to Resort Point in Delaware Water Gap on the PA side. I related some of the history of the area before we headed up toward the Appalachian Trail. The water was flowing real nice along Caldeno Creek.

I also took the group up to Table Rock to do something a bit different. Seems like no one ever goes up there.

Me on top of Mt. Minsi

Mt Tammany view from Mt. Minsi

View from Mt. Minsi

Delaware River, Colombia and Portland from Mt. Minsi

Delaware River from Mt. Minsi

View near Totts Gap

View from near Totts Gap

View near Totts Gap

View from the Lunch Rocks on the AT

View from Nelson Vista

It was a Spring day when it seemed like everything was starting to bloom. We could see it below, but not up on the ridge. I remember Stacy saying something about wanting to have a butt kicking hike, and that she'd requested off of work to do this one (it was a weekday I had off) , and she got what she wished, though by the end she did'nt seem so happy she'd wished for it.

View at Kirkridge

Me playing harmonica at Kirkridge

The group on the Wolf Rocks

Climbing around at Wolf Rocks

AT on Blue Mountain near Pen Argyl

AT on Blue Mountain near Pen Argyl

Seasonal view toward Wind Gap from the AT

Seasonal view toward Wind Gap from the AT

AT nearing Wind Gap

It was a good time to do this hike because we actually had a bit of a view when we got to Wind Gap through the trees. Normally that section is so boring.

 

Here's a link to all of the pictures from this hike:

http://s132.photobucket.com/albums/q13/sneezehorse/hike169%204-26-5/

View of Minsi Lake from the Nelson Vista