Big Hill Pond Camping April 2-3 2010

Day 1 total 4 miles
Total This Trip 4 miles

J and J Total 30.83 miles

Well Jacob and I and a friend of mine and his son decided to do some camping Friday and Saturday of Easter weekend. We got to Big Hill Pond State Park around 2:30 Friday afternoon and headed to the parking area south of the lake and did a short loop hike. We walked over the half mile board walk and when we got to the other side I point in the direction UP the big hill and told the two boys if they walked straight that way they will hit the tower and we will meet you there. My friend and I walked the path to the tower. So the two boys headed straight up the hill and they reached the top of the first hill and didnt see the tower so they found a path and took it the rest of the way to the tower, since the tower was on top of the 2nd hill. They did actually beat us by a couple minutes. We then took the horse trail down to the lake and across the dam and back up to the parking area. We then drove over to Scout Camp 2 and set up camp. Had a nice dinner and fire and sat and talked till about midnight and then hit the sleep bags. About 2 or 3 am or so it started hearing thunder and seeing lightning, LOTS of it with some heavy rain. It stopped about 7am or so and we slept till about 8am so noone got wet. We got up had a good breakfast and did some sight seeing around the park by truck and then headed home. We all had a great time. Saw 4 deer run across the trail after we left the tower but that's all the wildlife we saw.