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Lake Jimmy 

After hiking through the High Peaks it was a long day. I had hiked maybe 15 miles and was just looking for a place to set up for the evening. I saw a couple of lakes on the map with primitive DEC campsites and decided to press on to one of these.

It was getting late and I found the first,  Lake Sally but it offered little water access and the trees & brush around were awful for hammocks. I was starting to regret not taking a earlier site. With a hour to go I decided to press on to the second Lake Jimmy.

With light fading I knew I must be getting close. I saw a man in a boy scout sweatshirt and his kids come out from a side trail. I asked how far Lake Jimmy was and he said he didn’t know but a parking lot was only a mile away. I was sure I was close and according to my map both us and the parking lot were right there.

 I was looking for a DEC primitive camp site which was noted on my National Geographic map somewhere at the head of Lake Jimmy.  I ran into more boy scouts and another parent. I asked again they did not know anything. I just kept thinking if was glad these weren’t my den leaders. It was getting darker so I just set up on the shores of Lake Jimmy. Not my best camp spot but I couldn’t go any further.