Marking the trail

No, no, no, not THAT kind of marking the trail. Jeez, this is a family blog ya know ;-)

When you are hiking, you have to be able to follow the trail. So kind people mark it in some manner. They can use "blazes" on trees, but on granite, would have to paint the rock -- and this won't do you any good in the winter.

So they also build little "cairns" -- piles of rocks -- to mark the trail, like the one I'm sitting next to.

Here's a different kind of trail marking. There are many very old chiseled names in Mt. Kearsarge, but this one looks like a memorial for a friend. I guess I'm helping to keep Jake and Rob remembered.