After leaving Brassie Brook, we hiked up to the summit of Bear Mountain. At the summit was a huge rock pile that we climbed up. This rock pile used to be a tower, but it is in ruins now. We sat and took in the view while enjoying our mitten Read more…
Frosty and I left the Toymakers Cafe and got back on the trail.We saw a couple bunnies near the hydroelectric plant. Then we crossed an iron truss bridge. I was surprised that the bridge date was 2016. When I was a kid, where I grew up, there were many truss Read more…
Our day started uphill as we left the Silver Hill Campsite heading north. We had our breakfast, Mitten Shakes, while sitting at a stream. It was a nice view and had a big rock that we could both sit on. Before leaving, we refilled our water. The trail went through Read more…
Today we picked up where we left off from our Memorial Day Weekend hike. Last time we went south from 341. This time we headed North. We left our vehicle at our end point and got dropped at 341. We got a late start for our day. We didn’t start Read more…
This was the third and last day of our backpacking trip. We packed up and left Telephone Pioneer Shelter headed toward our vehicle which was parked at a trailhead on New York Route 52. It was a cooler day which made it more comfortable to hike. We started the day Read more…
Day 2 of our Memorial Day Appalachian Trail hike took us from Ten Mile Shelter in Connecticut to Telephone Pioneer Shelter in New York. To start our morning, we came out of our tent to see a deer in the field. It was so peaceful in the early morning. We Read more…
Frosty and I headed down to Connecticut for a three day shake down hike on the Appalachian Trail. We have a section hike planned for the summer, so we wanted to try out some gear. Frosty has gone on long backpacking trips that last months. I had never been on Read more…
On Saturday, April 29th, Frosty and I headed to Mount Desert Island to hike Cadillac Mountain in Acadia National Park. We headed up the North Ridge Trail to the summit. The trailhead is soon after you turn onto the Park Loop Road. The parking area for this trailhead gets busy Read more…
When I first started running, a 5K (3.1 miles) was intimidating. I couldn’t fathom running a half marathon (13.1 miles), but I did have that distance as my goal. I had no idea, when or if, that would happen. I kept increasing my distance in races and in training. Finally, Read more…
On Sunday, April 15th, Frosty and I snowshoed up Big Moose Mountain, the mountain formerly known as Big Squaw. The road to the trail head was frozen when we drove in. It is a dirt road with active logging going on. The logging trucks have the right of way. With Read more…