Road Closed

I was supposed to go hiking with Catskill 3500 club today. But I messed up! The road leading to the trail head was CLOSED for winter. Duh! But I still hiked the closed road since it was covered in snow. A couple of miles into the hike, the road opened up with cars on it. I was confused. I then realized that only a section of the road was closed and that the road could have been accessed from the other side of the mountain. Duh! again. I was never able to meet the group due to my foolishness. I hiked all the way to the trail head and saw their entry in the register book. I was a bit depressed. I hiked back to my car. Anyway, so after a round trip hike of 5 miles, I can back to the car and drove back home. At least I got to get out there and play with the icicles - not bad for a 25F day!