For a quick jaunt in Crown Point we headed to the Coot Hill trail which has been newly listed on the CATS website. This would have normally been a twenty minute hike, but we were accompanied by Ben - our nephew who had recently turned three. Therefore, it was a two hour adventure with fresh baked cookies as the reward for summiting.
We followed the road through Stantonville and past the graveyard which contained a stone for "Leafy Winters," one of the best names we had ever seen! The trail started from there, but was probably about a half mile to the summit of Coot Hill.
I brought my trumpet and got a triple echo out of the big hollow between Coot Hill and Bulwagga Mountain! The wind started to come up, but we enjoyed the view of the Crown Point peninsula and Vermont.
After making our way back down to the car, we naturally headed to Gene's in Port Henry for the first michigans of the season!