“Here on this mountain top, I got some wild wild life.”- The Talking Heads Early one mid-September morning, I arrived at the base of the Mount Washington Auto Road. It was a clear early Autumn day. Joining one of our Park Staff members for the drive up, I arrived at the summit after the nearly […]
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7 Favorite Hiking Trails in New Hampshire
We’ve decided that in light of another successful, extreme, insane Bear Brook State Park Trail Marathon organized by Acidotic Racing this past weekend that we wanted to share our favorite trails in New Hampshire for those who are more like us and less like the 168 crazy, amazing athletes that finished that event. Between all […]
A Parallel Universe
I had the pleasure of exchanging several e-mails this past week with Roger Ahlgren who currently resides in Nevada. Roger, who retired from the State of New Hampshire long ago, worked for NH State Police in the Radio Maintenance Division which takes care of all the state police mountain-top radio transmitters including those on Mt […]
Dreams Come True near Crawford Notch State Park
I’m back! I thought I was done here, but I just had to share my story of hiking Mount Eisenhower near Crawford Notch State Park. Last Saturday, hearing that it was going to be a balmy 60 degrees, my future apartment-mates Molly, Caroline, Susan, Emily, and I headed up to tackle another 4000 footer. Joining […]