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Today's New York Mountains hike starts by walking up the road toward Howe Spring

5699-howe-spring.jpg Breakfast this morning is a hot meal, not my usual routine of granola, dried fruit and nutsThumbnailsI pass a Scrub oak growing in a crevice in the rocks near Howe SpringBreakfast this morning is a hot meal, not my usual routine of granola, dried fruit and nutsThumbnailsI pass a Scrub oak growing in a crevice in the rocks near Howe SpringBreakfast this morning is a hot meal, not my usual routine of granola, dried fruit and nutsThumbnailsI pass a Scrub oak growing in a crevice in the rocks near Howe SpringBreakfast this morning is a hot meal, not my usual routine of granola, dried fruit and nutsThumbnailsI pass a Scrub oak growing in a crevice in the rocks near Howe SpringBreakfast this morning is a hot meal, not my usual routine of granola, dried fruit and nutsThumbnailsI pass a Scrub oak growing in a crevice in the rocks near Howe Spring

My five-springs hike two days ago started this way too, but I turned left toward Howe Spring in front of the hill ahead. Today I won't.