Posts Tagged ‘Hiking’
Birthday Hike up Cannon
What an incredible day with my daughter. We took advantage of the updated weather forecast of cool temps and no thunderstorms and drove north to conquer her second 4000 footer, Mt Cannon, after taking her up Eisenhower a couple weeks ago. I don’t think it’s possible to have more fun that we had. She DJ’ed…
Read MoreAcadia National Park – Days 1 and 2
On the way up to Acadia we went back to my favorite Pizza place, George’s Pizza, in Auburn, ME. They truly have the best pepperoni pizza in New England. They didn’t disappoint. It’s where I went for pizza when I had enough money to afford something better than Domino’s delivery. After pizza we stopped at…
Read MoreLonesome Lake Winter Hike
Our last Christmas present from Diane (Christine’s mom) was the gift of a day of hiking up north all by ourselves. Despite a late start and a return home to retrieve forgotten ski poles, We started up the mountain just before noon. I suppose that referring to Lonesome Lake as a mountain is a little bit generous (and a little bit of an insult to real mountains). But it is about 1000 feet of elevation in a little bit over mile, so it’s not exactly a stroll either.
We really could not have asked for a better day to go for a hike. The night before the mountain…
Read MoreHome Again
We arrived home this afternoon and were greeted by a very happy and excited little girl (who changed so much in just 5 days it’s scarry). We had an amazing trip and I for one can’t believe it’s over. I hope to have much more to say about our adventures in the next few days…
Read MoreFirst Hike of the Season – Mount Major
Last weekend we had our first hike of the season with our special guest hiker Patricia. As I mentioned in my last post she was also our first overnight visitor in the new house. Mount Major was an excellent hike of just over 3 miles round-trip with amazing views of the Lakes region. The rest…
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