The Sikes
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Decided to go hiking on Friday. What a beautiful day. My husband thought Moosilauke would be a good one to do and who am I to argue when he could actually come with me. 
We were originally going to do the Benton Trail but when we got to the curve in the road, it was gated. (I should have checked here to see if there were any problems on the trail but didn't.) Since I didn't know what was wrong, we chose the Beaver Brook Trail. Having hiked this long ago, I had my concerns because of Matthew (5 yrs.). We decided to try anyway with the thought that if it was too difficult, we would turn around. We were also starting later than I like because of the driving around so we had a turnaround time at 4:00.
Up we went. Although it is a beautiful trail, it is not my favorite...especially with Matthew (very steep with not too much on side) The trail was damp but not bad. We took our time and were careful keeping Matthew in between us. This trail is nice in one way because you get alot of the elevation out of the way at the beginning and then the top doesn't seem bad at all. We got to the top at 3:15. It was beautiful! You could see Vt and all the way to the Presidentials.
Headed down at 4:00. We took our time when we hit the falls. I have a thing with heights and looking down some of those ladders without a rail isn't my idea of fun...but we all made it down safe. What a great day to be out hiking. Matthew loved this trail. Figures!
We were originally going to do the Benton Trail but when we got to the curve in the road, it was gated. (I should have checked here to see if there were any problems on the trail but didn't.) Since I didn't know what was wrong, we chose the Beaver Brook Trail. Having hiked this long ago, I had my concerns because of Matthew (5 yrs.). We decided to try anyway with the thought that if it was too difficult, we would turn around. We were also starting later than I like because of the driving around so we had a turnaround time at 4:00.
Up we went. Although it is a beautiful trail, it is not my favorite...especially with Matthew (very steep with not too much on side) The trail was damp but not bad. We took our time and were careful keeping Matthew in between us. This trail is nice in one way because you get alot of the elevation out of the way at the beginning and then the top doesn't seem bad at all. We got to the top at 3:15. It was beautiful! You could see Vt and all the way to the Presidentials.
Headed down at 4:00. We took our time when we hit the falls. I have a thing with heights and looking down some of those ladders without a rail isn't my idea of fun...but we all made it down safe. What a great day to be out hiking. Matthew loved this trail. Figures!
