Kerr Lake Day 1

I didn’t get much of a glimpse of the lake today. I parked at a trail head quite a ways away from the lake itself with the plan being to hike into the woods a ways to escape the sounds of civilization, or at least to reduce it to a low background drone that is easily covered up by the noise of wind blowing through the trees and birds chirping in the air.

Somehow I forgot to bring my Camelback so I grabbed my laptop bag, clipped my hammock on, stuffed some snacks, magazines, Kindle and other goodies in, draped some long pants and a sweatshirt over it, in case I stayed until it cooled down, and headed out. I walked maybe a mile down the trail and then turned into the woods in search of somewhere to spend a few hours. About 100 yards off the trail I found a nice spot next to a small flowing creek and set up my hammock for pretty much the whole the day.

My camera battery was completely dead. Luckily I had my 12,000 mAh NewTrent battery pack which made quick work of bringing the camera back to life. I napped for a couple of hours which my body seemed to relish, followed by a couple of hours of enjoying Adventure Cycling magazines, window shopping in a magazine for bike shoes, reducing my unread stack of rags from 19 to 17. The Kindle was fired up next so I could a nice bit of Libra by Don DeLillo, the most recent book I’ve been enjoying.

 

I’m obviously doing a quick blog post now, we shall see what tomorrow brings!