Jason Berard
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After some parking lot discussion, Rols, Andy, Steve and I decided to change our plans and do an out and back to Liberty and Flume via Liberty Springs Trail, instead of using Osseo, and doing a traverse. This meant someone had to get Stash, who was planning on meeting us at Lincoln Woods. While waiting for them to return, an AMC group began to gather in the lot for the same trip we were planning. We were now quite psyched about our plan change.
After collecting Stash, we headed up, and were on trail at 8am. Low and behold, it was all packed out. I guess I didn't need the 30" Atlas 'shoes for this trip.. Oh well, I figured later in the day I would have more fun snowshoe skiing down , than the folks in the MSR's.
The AMC group passed us near the Flume Slide jct. and we didn't see them again until we were on our way up Flume. It was cold out...-8 in the lot when we started, but no one got too cold. For some reason, I couldn't get the theme song from Sanford and Son ( written by Quincy Jones) out of my head all day. As the trail got steeper, Steve and I slowed down, and Rols kept us company as we were riffing on MLK's mountain top speech....
me: " I have seen the mountain top!"
Steve: " but I may not make it there with you!"
Needless to say, we were slow on the ups that day.
On the way over to Flume we met the AMC group coming back. One of the leaders said she had done Liberty 3 times in winter, but had never made it to Flume until today. We all hi 5'd and wished each other good luck. Atop Flume, there was another round of congrats all around, and then we were headed back the way we came. The Atlas 'shoes were perfect for the descent condition, and I had a blast "skiing" down the trail.
Back at the Whitehouse Trail junction, I took a photo of Steve next to the sign so he could show the masses(at least 3 people) that voted for him, his new digs.
Back down at 5pm for a round trip time of 9 hrs, we headed into Lincoln for some grub, and them off our separate ways.
Thanks to Andy,Andy's dog (forgot name), Stash, Rols and Steve for heading out with me on a chilly day in the woods!
I hope Rols and Steve will post pics from the trip, as I took none.
Oh yeah, and I have a question for all the folks who lived in the Boston area in the early 90's....
On WFNX there was a morning DJ named "morning guy Thai". In his show, there was a segment that started with the theme song to Sanford and Son, unless I'm getting a bit mixed up but I think I have that right. My question is what the h#ll was that segment??? It's bugging me, and I can't find anything on the interweb to help me remember.....
After collecting Stash, we headed up, and were on trail at 8am. Low and behold, it was all packed out.
I guess I didn't need the 30" Atlas 'shoes for this trip.. Oh well, I figured later in the day I would have more fun snowshoe skiing down , than the folks in the MSR's.The AMC group passed us near the Flume Slide jct. and we didn't see them again until we were on our way up Flume. It was cold out...-8 in the lot when we started, but no one got too cold. For some reason, I couldn't get the theme song from Sanford and Son ( written by Quincy Jones) out of my head all day.
As the trail got steeper, Steve and I slowed down, and Rols kept us company as we were riffing on MLK's mountain top speech....me: " I have seen the mountain top!"
Steve: " but I may not make it there with you!"
Needless to say, we were slow on the ups that day.
On the way over to Flume we met the AMC group coming back. One of the leaders said she had done Liberty 3 times in winter, but had never made it to Flume until today. We all hi 5'd and wished each other good luck. Atop Flume, there was another round of congrats all around, and then we were headed back the way we came. The Atlas 'shoes were perfect for the descent condition, and I had a blast "skiing" down the trail.
Back at the Whitehouse Trail junction, I took a photo of Steve next to the sign so he could show the masses(at least 3 people) that voted for him, his new digs.
Back down at 5pm for a round trip time of 9 hrs, we headed into Lincoln for some grub, and them off our separate ways.
Thanks to Andy,Andy's dog (forgot name), Stash, Rols and Steve for heading out with me on a chilly day in the woods!
I hope Rols and Steve will post pics from the trip, as I took none.
Oh yeah, and I have a question for all the folks who lived in the Boston area in the early 90's....
On WFNX there was a morning DJ named "morning guy Thai". In his show, there was a segment that started with the theme song to Sanford and Son, unless I'm getting a bit mixed up but I think I have that right. My question is what the h#ll was that segment??? It's bugging me, and I can't find anything on the interweb to help me remember.....
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