Ice along the trail
We’ve had some snow. But before the snow, there was ice. The trail we walked last week will be very treacherous now, with invisible ice under the snow. I’m glad we were able to...
Category: Walking
Peaks and views
We hiked in Acadia last week near Southwest Harbor. Two peaks were summited (small ones)! There was some ice on the trail, but we could pick our way around it. First peak – Flying...
Day Ridges trail
What if my main purpose in life is to hike? I was lucky enough to grow up in places and times where I could roam. First in a development in the Chicago suburbs, then...
Anvil Trail
Three trails actually: Anvil Trail to start, then Schoodic Head Trail, finally Alder Trail back to Blueberry Hill parking lot. We got back to the parking lot just before dark, which is coming at...
beachcroft path
We walked this trail on October 19th, 2024 (Saturday). I wanted to post it because I might want to look it up in the future. We’ve walked it before. Maybe four times? I would...
Black Mountain
Lately we’ve developed a nice routine of hiking on Sunday. Last Sunday it was Black Mountain. Here’s the map at the trailhead. It’s hard to decipher. I think we started at the “P” under...
Heat
We are dealing with the heat over the past two days. We’ve been walking early in the morning. It’s tolerable. Then breakfast, then watering the garden. There’s a shipwreck in the photo. Actually a...