Mountain Trail (2006)

Check out that rocky trail.  You can tell that water runs down it whenever it rains, and makes for some smooth and slippery exposed stones.

This was one of Frito's favorite hikes.  This is Mt. Kearsarge up near Tucker Pond.  It's a quick 30 minute hike to the top, and always a nice little get away.

And this was way back in 2006, so Frito was just a young pup (6 years old).

Happy Mom Day!

Well, look who's out exploring on Mother's Day. Mom, you are just the coolest!

Today we took a really nice walk (2 miles each way) to what is known as Rainie Falls on the Rogue River, near Galice, OR. Lots of folks float rafts down this river and take in the rapids and the falls. We even saw one of them go swimming (unintentionally). Really cool.


Here I am with Alpha at the falls.

Loggin' adventure

I got to go on a special loggin' adventure the other day. (OBTW, this is my attempt at loggin' ;-)

Right off our normal walking route, there is a hiking path we never knew about. We found out only because this winter they decided to log the area.


Check out my new pedestal.

We walked for quite a while through the woods on the logging trail, and came to this really neat stream:


Then we tried to cross it -- and couldn't find a way. It really is quite a stream.

Alpha ended up with one hiking boot in the water trying to carry me across on a fallen tree. (Hee hee).

After that, we all decided to beat a hasty retreat.

But in the immortal words of the Governator ... "I'll be back."

Finished hiking

OK, so I figure you've had just about enough of my hiking adventures. This will wrap up my visit to Mt. Kearsarge -- see how beautiful it is at the bottom of the trail. Alpha just had to pose me with those ferns in the background.

If anyone is interested in a short little hiking adventure, I can recommend Mt. Kearsarge. Anyone can hike up the easy trail (Rollins), and the harder trail (Lincoln) is good for a change of scenery.

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.

Not that way!

Here we are heading down from the summit of Mt. Kearsarge. This is the steeper of the two possible trails. Jeez, I guess so. Sometimes people actually climb up that rock wall, but there is no way we are going down it.

So Alpha took me on the normal trail. Still pretty rocky. Hey Alpha, which way am I supposed to go now?

No worries -- I managed just fine ;-)

Hiking with Alpha

Here we are on our way up Mt. Kearsarge. It is a nice viewpoint from the trail while hiking up.

Do you see that little pond in the background? That's my pond!

Or I should say where the cottage is located. It's Tucker Pond in between Warner and Salisbury NH.

You can't actually see our cottage, since we are behind the hill on the right side. Here's a zoomed in view:



And here I am with Tucker Pond in the background, looking like I'm about to fall off the side of the mountain ;-) Ha!

Hiking Mt. Kearsarge

I got to spend another weekend up at the cottage -- one of my favorite places!

Alpha took me hiking up Mt. Kearsarge. The girls stayed home thinking it was going to be too cold :-( But it was beautiful.

Here I am at the top. You can see it is a modest climb. But I just love getting out and exploring.

I was adored by many families who were also out hiking, I'll share some more photos in the days to come. Yes, Alpha took MANY ;-)

Gotta say Hi!

Continuing our hiike up Pack Monadnock, my God Father, dove-into-the-river-to-save-me-Dan, was taking a respite at the top of the mountain on the picnic table. Or is he dead? ;-)

So of course, I just have to go up on the picnic table to make sure he is alive, doncha think?

And once there -- gotta give him kisses too, right?

Hey, he's my God Father, ya know? Thanks for taking me hiking Dan!!!

On some granite

Took a nice hike with Dan and Alpha. Up Pack Monadnock.

Beautiful weather, but there was still lots of snow on the mountain.

So I decided to warm myself up on this here piece of granite. Let's here it for solar collectors ;-)