Thursday, September 9 2010
Quenching Wanderlust.
The weather forecast suggested that Friday would be a beautiful day, if a bit warm, so we woke up early and headed up to the White Mountains, with a quick stop to get lunch and snacks on our way.
Rather late in posting, but here are some photos from a North Pack hike we did back in early April.
On Sunday morning, we woke up with the sun, and were both pleased to note that temperatures overnight had dipped, but were probably only in the 30s, despite having set up camp at about 6500′ elevation. J had an uncharacteristic burst of morning energy and decided to get up and tromp a bit to a rock she had discovered the day before, to watch the sun rise over the local ridges.
Date: February 15, 2010
Categories: Backpacking, Day Hiking, Field Report, GPS Tracks
Writing this post at the end of day 4… yesterday was our busiest day so far. We woke at Jumbo Rocks campground after a pretty chilly night, probably in the upper or mid 20s. When we got up the first time around 6:15, everything was covered in frost. We stared at the sunrise for a bit and decided to go back to sleep until it warmed up a bit. It was much warmer when we got up the second time, so we set out sleeping bags and tent to dry in the sun while we had a hot breakfast and sorted gear for the day’s adventures.
Date: February 13, 2010
Categories: Backpacking, Day Hiking, Field Report, GPS Tracks
Did a nice day hike up North Pack with Chris and Sarah, my old friends that have lived out in Oregon for many years. They happened to be in town for another mutual friend’s wedding, so we got together to hang out and do a hike.
We hiked up what I believe is the Wapack trail and hung out on the summit for a bit. Then we hiked down the Cliff Trail, and used a mix of Ted’s Trail and Caroline’s Trail to come back to Mountain Road. When we realized we weren’t back at our car, we deduced which way to walk on the road to get back. On the way, Sarah decided to ask a bearded gentleman if we were going the right way. She recognized him as Roger Swain, former host of the PBS show “The Victory Garden.” Weird and small world.
I think we did 7-8 miles. All in all a great day for a hike – good foliage, nice weather, good company, weird coincidences.
