Bushwhacking all the way from lower Higby Twin Pond to Negro Lake’s old cabin site in the Five Ponds Wilderness constituted a long day, despite getting there by half-past noon. Following the old road north of the lake allowed for making good time and eventually led me to the peninsula where the old cabin site
Ponds East of Red Horse Trail 2015: Back On The Old Road North of Negro Lake Again
Following along an old road north of Negro Lake in the southern Five Ponds Wilderness was my easy route to a peninsula along the lake’s shore where once stood an old cabin site. Unfortunately, I bailed on the old road where it crossed a wetland and instead bushwhacked around it, now forcing me to relocate
Ponds East of Red Horse Trail 2015: Discovering Old Road North of Negro Lake
With the last Scattershot Pond under my bushwhacking belt, the time has come to move on and search for the old road that hugs the northern shore of Negro Lake in the southern Five Ponds Wilderness. It is mostly uninterrupted forest from here on out, so this last pond may be the last open water
Ponds East of Red Horse Trail 2015: Bushwhacking Through Scattershot Ponds
After passing both Elbow and Lost Island Ponds since leaving the Red Horse Trail, my next destination on the way to Negro Lake is a cluster of small unnamed ponds. Their location is just north of Negro’s outlet stream that has been my guide since leaving the marked trail behind at Witchhopple Pond. Cluster of
