Adirondacks Day #1

Today we woke up at 7:45 and were on the road by 9:00. It was a short 10 minute drive to the boat launch, and at about 9:30 we were in our kayaks and on our way. Through a combination of portaging and kayaking, we traveled about 2 miles into a series of Adirondack lakes and decided Little Long Pond as our final destination.

We discovered that we were only allowed to stay at the designated camp sites, so our picking was more select then preferred. We ended up deciding on a waterfront, isolated, southwest site. 

Unlike back in Ellie's woods, there were much fewer resources for our shelter here. A lot of the wood on the ground was either rotten or too weak to use for our shelter and other than pine needles (which fall through a shelter frame) there wasn't much debris at our disposal. To utilize our materials the best we could, we made a latice frame out of wood, layered in pine boughs and topped it off with large pieces of bark. Due to exhaustion, we ended up leaving the front of the shelter entirely open. Compared to our last shelter, this one was quite minimal, however, we figured that since it is going to be warmer and drier, we will be perfectly fine. Despite being a less insulated and partially finished shelter, it took the same amount of time as the last one, because materials were more scarce. 

Below are pictures of our shelter:

The unfinished front

Back of shelter

Woods facing side of shelter