I tried approaching the Siamese Ponds Wilderness Area from the south, but the trail only got wetter.
 
 

Life springs from death once again.
 
 

The logging roads in this area offered pleasant scenery in places.
 
 

But I had to turn the car around when the road became a river.
 
 

So I drove over the causeway at the top of Indian Lake, back toward Chimney Mountain (see 2001, 2004).
 
 

Taking a different hike from Chimney (a loop around King's Flow), here an ancient auto is reclaimed by the Earth.
 
 

As I passed this campsite on Round Pond, the trail was still nice and wide.
 
 

Further on, the trail existed only in the mapmaker's memory.  I kept going.
 
 

I crossed Wakely Brook and bushwhacked my way east, though I had misplaced my compass.
 
 

Somehow, I found my way up Humphrey Mountain to the abandoned garnet mine (see 2004 for pictures).
 
 

After collecting a pocket-full of garnets, I raced back along King's Flow, reaching the car just after dark.
 
 

The next day, I set off for the high peaks wilderness area.  Here rages Calamity Brook.
 
 

Unfortunately, the trail was also a brook.  Here's where I finally turned back.
 
 

My alternate plan was to hike Giant Mountain.
 
 

Reaching the peak involved scaling ice-covered slabs of rock.  Not much of a view from up there.
 
 

Looking from the top of the above-pictured falls, in a much different climate from the peak.
 
 

Less than an hour after standing on the snowy peak, I took off my coat as I descended.
 
 

Looking back at Giant peak.