Search results

The greenish rock was just regular rock covered with moss.

The Monandock-Sunapee greenway is a nice through hike but if you don't like falling down over roots and rocks in the dark, June has much longer days. It is about 50 miles, and then you still have to get up and down the first and final hills.

Strange people meet the same objects in strange places. It is pretty neat that you both noticed and photographed the same rock out of the zillions of rocks that are out there. I also want to make sure that all readers realize that there is no trail. If you plan to go, I would recommend the...

Hi 1happyhiker, I have been on this route twice and came up over a ledge similar to the one you described on my first visit but missed it this time. (I thought it faced south west.) The dip between Bald and the next hill to the SW is a big expanse of bare, glacier scraped rock. If you are...

I think the permit is to "TAKE A Moose". I am not a lawyer, but that wording doesn't imply that you have to kill the beast. I think there are laws about keeping wild animals as pets. If you had a large piece of land, perhaps you could put up a 20 ft high fence around it and just let the moose...

A quick check of the Ossipee Mountains today showed a couple of small patches of snow in places shaded by hemlocks. That was 2 places. They shoud be gone by the time it stops raining. Everything else appeared to be snow free. I could see moving swarms of small black things hovering in places...

The Delorme Atlas is indeed a good place to start. In my 14th edition of the NH Atlas (2002) I found that in the Ossipee Mountains they show roads that have long since disappeared, and show some skidder roads as paved roads. They also have interchanged the names for Mt. Roberts, and Mt. Faraway...

The 1966 AMC guide describes the Thunderbird Trail as it exists today. It also states "To ascend Mt. Shaw by the O Trail, inquire at Merrow Vista for directions. The trail approaches the summit from the E, following a ridge which connects with a series of small peaks." This I guess is the...

Sunday is supposed to be a better day, according to the weather forecast.

This bad economy has brought out the worst of the loosers, looking for something for free. Luckily, my car is old and nobody seems to want to steal it, so far. I don't lock the car doors so THEY don't have to smash the window to check for valuables. It has worked so far. The problem that I have...

Stop the confusion! I and others are planning to hike Roberts and Faraway on Saturday the 28th. That is tommorow! We are planning to leave the Bottling Plant parking lot about 9:30. If there are too many cars for that lot, we can ferry a few down to the lot on Rt. 171. This is not to be confused...

Hi Kids, OK, Rocket and his team have bailed for their Saturday Hike. I hereby propose that interested hikers meet at the bottling plant parking spot at 9:30 AM on Saturday. From there, we hike up Roberts, head out to the Faraway lookout on the High Ridge Trail, and decend back down to the cars...

[QUOTE= Why is it we drive on a 'parkway' and park on a 'driveway'?:confused::D:D That is a very interesting point. It probably has it's roots in the fact that we use one of the most confusing language in the world. There is a great book "The Giant Panda Eats Shoots and Leaves". With a little...

I remember my father taking me fishing in the Swift River along the Kanc. back in the early 1950s. We had an old Model A Ford (I think), with a rumble seat (I am sure). It was a dirt road and it ended, going up the east side of the hill, at a logging camp. The trout fishing was great. I still...

This is a diversion from bears, but the Snow Fleas are out in Henniker. There is more about these critters at http://science.exeter.edu/jekstrom/VT/SPRINGTL/SpTail.html

I have been using the Garmin GPS Map 76 Cx for quite a while and have had good luck with the case that Garmin sells, that goes on your belt, or other convenient place. If you are in thick woods on a rainy day, using a remote hi gain antenna (Garmin GA25MCX) makes a big difference. It has a...

If you want a free Garmin compatible map for St. John, USVI, it is available at www.trailbandit.org where there are also available for free, several maps and aerial photos. The Ossipee Mountains map will be there soon. If there is enough interest in a Garmin compatible map for that area, I will...

I know this is off thread a little, but there is/was a guy "Davis" that hiked up Monadnock every day for ten years, I don't know if he is still at it. That has to be some sort of record.

I have a similar feature on my barn roof. I had never seen a description of that sort of thing before. I will take a picture tomorrow. The one on my roof is only a foot or so tall.

As previously noted, "it looks like a very big doberman". It also looks like a small young moose. The young ones aren't known to be grumpy and attack, but if attacked by a dog, or people from both directions, I would assume that it would either fight back at the dog or run away from the people...