01.20.15 “I am losing precious days. I am degenerating into a machine for making money. I am learning nothing in this trivial world of men. I must break away and get out into the mountains to learn the news.”- John Muir For the fourth consecutive year, New Hampshire State Parks hosted “First Day […]
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Monadnock Trails Report 01.04.13
01.04.13 “Is anybody out there, please? It’s too quiet in here and I’m beginning to freeze. I’ve got icicles hanging from my knees under fifteen feet of pure white snow.”- Nick Cave It’s not quite as drastic as the song by the Bad Seeds quoted above, but with snow piling up and some recent frigid […]
Monadnock Trails Report 12.28.12
12.28.12 Well, here we are with the last Monadnock Trails Report of 2012. It has been a great year here at Monadnock State Park and we’re ready for 2013! Unlike this time a year ago, we actually have snow here at Grand Monadnock. While our neighbors to the south were experiencing mostly rain from yesterday’s […]
Monadnock Trails Report 12.21.12
12.21.12 So, the calendar has finally turned to the anticipated date of December 21st, 2012. About two inches of snow fell overnight in the Monadnock Region, it is now steadily raining outside of the Park Office, the world as we know it still exists, and the cold, gray, miserable weather matches the feel of the saddened […]