I’m glad my phone remembered the long weekend I appended to a business trip to make the most of the brief but spectacular summer in the Pacific Northwest, because it feels like forever ago, and I’d almost forgotten.
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2022: a year in pictures
It’s been a year since I posted anything, but that doesn’t mean I’ve been sitting still!
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Bug net for the win!
And no, I don’t have pictures of myself decked out for a 13 mile hike on a warm day with every inch of skin covered. The annual crop of mosquitos and black flies were out in force, but I was ready for them!
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A short hike and some long exposures
I was looking for something mellow and relatively short, so I set out on Cascade Path leading out of Waterville Valley.
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Midweek Moose
One day this week I took the opportunity of a gap between my US workday and my Asia workday to get out for a late afternoon weekday hike up Three Ponds Trail.
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April showers may bring road walks
Heavy rain over the past couple of days inspired me to make the most of the drier but colder day of the weekend. Rain on Spring trails makes mud, and when you add hikers to that mix you end up with accelerated trail erosion, so I decided to keep to the old logging road that doubles as a winter cross country ski highway and a 3-season hiking trail.
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I take it all back
April snow is not an alien phenomenon in New England, but that doesn’t mean it’s welcome.
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What springs eternal?
Mud season arrived early in the North Country this year. March brought heavy rains, high wind, and the early removal of bird feeders as hungry bears emerged from hibernation. April is a cruel month for hikers, with spring meltwater and muddy trails in the valleys and an icy monorail or deep snow higher up. This weekend finds me further south, shaking off the grey in my own neighborhood in the city.
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