Our first order of business was the pancake breakfast at the school - a feast served by the fire department with huge pancakes, real maple syrup and sausage. After stuffing our faces with flapjacks, we spied a short hike from behind the soccer field to Woodruff Pond. We took the trail which led to a beautiful pond that will have to be a Hornbeck destination at some point. We admired the pristine water and headed back to the car for our day's bigger hike.
We drove to Minerva and found the trailhead for Moxham Mountain. The trail was not steep and offered many scenic vistas along the way. Despite an ominous looking summit, the trail just meandered up the ridge and we were offered spectacular views toward Indian Lake. We could easily see Snowy Mountain and Pillsbury Mountain in the distance.
We couldn't tarry long though because the ice cream social in Newcomb only lasted from 2:00-2:30 and free sweets are a high priority for us. We made it back just in time to snag some chocolate with all the toppings!
The evening was spent cooking stew and chili over the campfire - one could argue that we had two dinners that night. We would imagine that Teddy would have done the same...
The next morning, we headed to the Santanoni preserve to ride on the horse wagon into the camp where we were greeted by Teddy Roosevelt himself. We spent the ride telling stories to our nephew Ben...mostly to distract him from eating all the cookies stored with us. When we arrived at the camp, we ate some lunch and paddled a canoe on Newcomb lake before taking part in an interpretive tour of the camp. As the horses were hitching up, we decided to walk the road out to stretch our legs before the long car ride home.
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