JABE POND, LAKE GEORGE ROGERS ROCK, SOUTH BAY LAKE CHAMPLAIN paddling.


June 9, 2014 - JABE POND in Hague.  Mile drive on a dirt road, bumpy on a steep hill.  100-yard carry to the pond.  Just a mile & a half from Lake George but very different, 1,000' higher in elevation.  Less than 1 mile long but 3 miles of irregular shoreline & some piney islands to explore, good wilderness feel.  Lake George Wild Forest.  Osprey, loons, polliwogs in sandy shallows.  Saw a few blackflies but they did not seem too interested in my blood.  4+ hours (half the time relaxing at a campsite).    
June 9 - LAKE GEORGE from Rogers Rock State Campground.  Stopped at the boat inspection station at the campground & was told that canoes & kayaks don't have to be inspected - it's just for trailered boats.  Windy early but calmed down.  Clear emerald water.  Cliffs to the N of the campground.  Passed diminutive Juniper Island to view Rogers Slide.  Anthony's Nose across the lake & nice view S to Elephant & Black Mtns.  Light motorboat traffic on Monday morning.  1.3 hours.     
June 8 - SOUTH BAY OF LAKE CHAMPLAIN from state boat launch on Rt.22 near Whitehall.  Murky khaki-color water.  A few motorboats.  Some development for 1st couple of miles, wilder at the SW end.  Cliffs: Little Diameter, The Diameter.  South Bay Creek - clear water - swampy area, went over 2 beaver dams & turned around not far from a road when I saw 2 more beaver dams ahead.  Immature & mature bald eagles, gbh, kingfishers.  Yellow flag, yellow water-buttercup, bullhead-lily.  No biting bugs.  13 miles.  5.7 hours.  Drove thru Ticonderoga to Rogers Rock State Campground.  Very few campers on a Sunday night & I got a site next to the swim beach.  Saw a few blackflies early & some mosquitoes at dusk but no need for DEET or bugshirt.  A black snake slithered by, loon. 

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