Category Archive for Pixel Posts
September 9, 2004
The Mountain
So we finally climbed to the top of Mount Washington last July after a summer of training hikes in the Blue Hills. We decided that rather than make another attempt at last year's route on the eastern side (Tuckerman Ravine) that we would make a bid for the classic western loop - this loop consists of an ascent via Ammonoosuc Ravine trail to Lakes of the Clouds in the col between Mounts Monroe and Washington, then Crawford Path from there to the summit; the intended descent is via Gulfside trail across to the junction of the Jewell trail just below the summit of Mount Clay, then Jewell trail down to the trailhead. If we had left a couple of hours earlier, we might have had the stamina and daylight left to make the descent, but after climbing for about five hours and reaching the summit at about 3:39 PM, we knew that we didn't have the steam or the time, so we ponied up the dough and took one of the last Cog trains to the base.
Check out the pictures here.
Posted by Turfdigger at 9:11 PM | Comments (1)
September 7, 2004
Goin' Up the Country - The Return
After much in the way of hemming, and just a tad of the haw-ing, the first installment of pix from our summer's journey north are ready for consumption. Once again, our destination was the unsurpassed White Mountains region of New Hampshire, our tax-free neighbor to the north. This first of two picture posts covers our trip on the Conway Scenic Railroad's Notch train.
The pix are here.
The upcoming second gallery will tell of our intrepid adventures on the flanks of that great giant, Mount Washington - 6288' above sea level and home to the worst recorded weather on earth.
...cue ominous timpani roll...
As an interesting aside as we rev on up to the hoopla that is the upcoming presidential election - the journey north through Crawford Notch passes right through Hartt's Location, the first area to vote in the country in each major election.
Posted by Turfdigger at 1:50 AM
August 31, 2003
Bear Country
Once again, some vacation photos. Our last trip north brought us to Clark's Trading Post to check out their 75th anniversary proceedings and take in a bear show.
Posted by Turfdigger at 3:00 AM
August 2, 2003
Headin' North
So I finally got the album of vacation pix together. We went up to New Hampshire at both the beginning (7/5-7/6) and end (7/25-7/27) of July.
Here's the link to the photos.
Posted by Turfdigger at 11:57 PM