turkey mountain

when: march 19th

where: dorktown, new york

participants: elizabeth, benjamin, muah

transportation: ben picked me up from metro north; we drove to the trail head. liz met us there.

food: water and beer, (heh)

trail: traffic in the parking lot created a serious mud pit in the center. the trail was dry though. the trail slopes down then up quickly then down into a flat swampy area. after the footbridge over the wet swamp part it gets steep all the way to the summit. a bunch of bro-types were coming down and we sat on the top alone for a while. we drank beer and took a few pictures. a person we knew through my brother came to the top and we talked to her for a while. we continued the loop north from the summit, along the ridge. after 3/4 a mile the trail turns east and steeply descends - there's some rocky footing and some slanted footing cut across the hill that winds around trees and rocks. the last bit flattens out but slopes up and down gently, crossing streams and cutting through a few old stone walls. the whole loop is maybe 2 miles.

view/weather: the weather was warm but windy. you could see the buildings of manhattan, hills of the highlands and waters of the resevior and hudson. high ceiling of broad clouds overhead.

note: a week or so prior a body was found in these woods, believed to be a suicide victim.