Post by hoosier on Sept 29, 2014 8:32:04 GMT -5
Early Saturday morning I headed up to the Lebanon Reservoir area of Pennsylvania’s Saint Anthony’s Wilderness.
I figured the reservoir levels would be low. But was not prepared for how low it was.
Since there was no flow over the spillway. It made crossing below the dam easy. So I decided to do a counter clockwise loop.
I had no specific destination in mind.
I followed the old rail bed westerly till the first grassy access road down the reservoir’s shoreline.
Worked my way around the reservoir to a point where it was to spongy to walk without sinking in.
Headed back to the old rail bed for a bit. And then headed into the woods, crossing the stream just upstream to the point it drains into the reservoir.
Rock hopped the northerly shoreline to a point where I was directly across the reservoir from the dam breast.
And headed north into the woods. After 200 feet or so. I came across and grassy old woods road.
Followed the road in a northeasterly direction. As it climbed easily uphill.
Sometimes becoming a bit crowded with heavy encroachments of Mountain Laurel.
Eventually the old woods road seemed to end at and old rusting ringer type washing machine.
At this point a narrow footpath headed downhill to the right. Followed the footpath till it
came out on just north of a stream crossing on a woods road we used during a hike I took with MR Hyker last Year.
Back on familiar ground I headed west back towards the reservoir. Stopped off to sit by the reservoir for a bit.
When I spotted a Bald Eagle in flight over the north side of the reservoir. That made my day.
Appears the woods road on the north side of the lake. May loop further west. And come back out to the old rail bed.
Will have to make a trip back up to check it out soon.
