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Thank you kindly for the green spot -- very much appreciated! Hope to meet you out on the trail soon.

Thank you very kindly for the green spot -- especially since I was duplicating another entire thread! Much appreciated.

My deepest sympathies for you. Dogs show us love without condition and teach us how to live in the present moment to the fullest extent. When they leave us they don't take these things with them, but they are not so immediate anymore. It is our capability as humans, however, to remember. A...

Wow, how'd I miss that thread???? But thanks for the link! The signs went up this week, I think. I drive by the trailhead fairly often because I live nearby, and yesterday evening was the first time I noticed them.

My apologies. I hadn't seen the other post(s) relating to the relocation.

Note: The trailhead for the Mt. Kinsman Trail on Highway 116 south of Franconia, NH, has now been opened and signed. More info here: http://www.vftt.org/forums/showthread.php?p=278699#post278699

The trailwork has been going on for a while, and now the official signage is up: The trailhead for the Mt. Kinsman Trail, on Highway 116 south of Franconia, has been relocated about three-tenths of a mile from its previous location. The trailhead had been located just north of the Tamarack...

Thank you, as always, for the kind words. Cindy and I manage easily with one car about 90 percent of the time. Another 9 percent of the time we jiggle our schedules a bit so we can both get to where we need to go. The remaining one percent, when no amount of re-scheduling will do the job, we...

P.S. Many thanks for the green spot! Very much appreciated. I hope Tuck and I run into you and Lauky on a trail soon.

Is there a particular reason, Trainwreck, why you don't want to climb Tecumseh from the Tripoli Road side? That's a very fine hike. The lower couple of miles, in the broadleaf woods, will be especially beautiful right now. The stream crossing at the trailhead isn't usually difficult (though, to...

Yesterday, just off the Gordon Pond Trail: Zebra-striped jack-in-the-pulpit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/99682097@N00/3585373824/sizes/l/in/set-72157619007922067/ (Don't know why this photo won't load within the post, but it won't. So apologies for the necessity of a link.)

Trails: Gordon Pond, Kinsman Ridge, Reel Brook Miles: 11.1, trailhead to trailhead. Time: 6:40 No. of people seen: Two. Conditions: Mud, and plenty of it. Most of the muddy bogs can be negotiated at the edges, however; I stepped in up to my boot tops just once. The first crossing of Gordon...

Cindy needed the car on Sunday, so she dropped Tuckerman and me off at the trailhead for the Gordon Pond Trail (elevation: 900 feet), just west of Woodstock, NH, on Highway 112. Our plan was to cross Kinsman Ridge via the Gordon Pond Trail (GPT), Kinsman Ridge Trail (KRT) and Reel Brook Trail...

What a sweet evening of company and conversation -- even (or perhaps especially) the conversation concerning the situation in the Ossipees. Most enlightening. I was happy to see again folks who are beginning to feel like old friends and to meet new folks who I hope will also soon become old...

Thank you again, everyone. You are all too kind. Jeremy, when I see you tomorrow night at the C-Man in Ashland, teach me how to stick some photos into my TRs. I've tried but technology has confounded me so far.

So happy to read this TR, Mark. This community of hikers provides not just support but a kind of healing, too, I think. I'm glad your knee is back to doing what knees are supposed to do -- which is to move us on down the trail!

I greatly appreciate everyone's kind words. Thank you. Many writers over the centuries have commented on the connection between walking and thinking. It's true: Sometimes the real journey during a hike is made in the mind, not on the trail. It's one of the things I love most about walking in...

Many thanks for the green spot! Best, /Steve

Thank you very much for the green spot, Larisa. Much appreciated! The unpopularity of the Skook is a continuing mystery to me. It's just a wonderful trail -- why do so many people prefer to hike the Old Bridle highway? I was going to mention this is a general post but I think it's better kept...

Trails: Skookumchuck, Garfield Ridge Conditions: The Skook is 99.99% snow-free. Just a handful of small patches (including one that's all ice) beginning at 3,800 feet. Several blowdowns, all easily negotiated. Special equipment: None. Some hikers we met on Garfield Ridge and at Lafayette...