Getting ready

Well I am all done with work, and I have packed up for the weekend. Forecast calls for rain tomorrow. It is always a good idea to check into these things in order to be prepared for the hike. I have the coffee maker set and the thermos tempered for soup. I should be ready…

Great Brook trail Deerfield

Having the morning off I decided to hit up a local trail that I have been told about by the locals in my hometown. Just off of Harvey road in Deerfield there is the Great Brook trail. A collectively owned private land holding that is part of a local conservation effort. This three mile trail…

Mount Moosilauke

Waking up in the Beaver Brook parking lot with the saint at about  7am on Sunday with the sun in our faces and the mountain looming over us was about as delightful a scene as I could ask for. We had coffee and oatmeal off of the camp stove. Ready to go we gave a…

1st blog New pack!

Getting geared up for a day hike tomorrow with the saint. (My lovely lady.) We plan to do mount Moosilauke. I had to get a new pack and EMS was having a really good sale. I went with the Gregory Z40. Check it out. Gregory Z40 So far I am very happy with it. It…