It seems only appropriate to begin with the disclaimer that this was the first overnight camping I have done in years. We had attempted an overnight on the Long Trail a couple of weeks prior and that ended in disaster due to a nasty used backpack and unpleasant trails.
We were headed to Pharaoh Lake, the body of water that was on the far side of Pharaoh Mountain which we had hiked a couple of weeks back.
It was a good hike with the exception of overgrown trails and nasty bugs that were not deterred by the remaining bug spray. It was soon discovered that a pine bough make an excellent bug re-distributor.
This is the lean-to with our tent parked inside. A cool place to hang out and despite people at all the campsites around the lake, nicely private.
Yep this is the lake. The rock in the distance is about 15 feet tall. When we first got out there some kids with a canoe were swimming off of it.
This is the view proper in the morning. Just beautiful to wake up to. We lazed about and even took a further nap. The night had been a very restless one for me, it has been man years since camping out and the sound of animals kept me up. Sal, however, slept soundly the whole night. All in all a wonderful and pleasant first overnight hike.
We were headed to Pharaoh Lake, the body of water that was on the far side of Pharaoh Mountain which we had hiked a couple of weeks back.
It was a good hike with the exception of overgrown trails and nasty bugs that were not deterred by the remaining bug spray. It was soon discovered that a pine bough make an excellent bug re-distributor. 
This is the lean-to with our tent parked inside. A cool place to hang out and despite people at all the campsites around the lake, nicely private.
Yep this is the lake. The rock in the distance is about 15 feet tall. When we first got out there some kids with a canoe were swimming off of it.
This is the view proper in the morning. Just beautiful to wake up to. We lazed about and even took a further nap. The night had been a very restless one for me, it has been man years since camping out and the sound of animals kept me up. Sal, however, slept soundly the whole night. All in all a wonderful and pleasant first overnight hike.
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