Darl58
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Saturday started out kind of slow.....people weren't moving too fast nor were they making decisions...Plan A, Plan B, Plan C, who cares, lets just hike!
Still waiting for the coffee....
SK suggested Caribou Mtn and none of us had hiked it, so off we went.
Mats, Rebecca, & Annalisa headed in one direction and the rest of us the opposite direction, after finally making it to the coffee shop.
Our group was a dedicated group of strong hikers ready to take on the mighty Caribou. Arm, Woody, Stevo, Jen, and myself. The hike-2850 feet at the summit.
On the way over to Evans Notch we wanted to impress Woody and Jen with a new trail we had discovered on Friday while hiking. The hike to the "Old Man of the Valley"...a tough spring hike with water crossing(1) and about 50 feet of tough terain. After a few minutes, we arrived! Have you seen the man? I think he's a dirty old guy....The Old Man of the Valley took a bite out of Arm's arm on Friday, it may of been after Stevo stuck his finger up his nose or was it when he stepped on his nose??? Not sure, he gave me a kiss and was rock solid of a man! (Arm has a pic) Private showings only.............
After frolicking around for a while we hiked back out and headed to our trail head. Another decision had to be made...which end to start on..okay we headed up Caribou Trail and would come down Mud Brook Trail.
The trail took us through nice wooded areas and saw many flowers as it skirted along by Morrison Brook. We stopped and relaxed after hiking for a while at Kees Falls... The weather was perfect with no bugs and a little breeze.
Just before breaking out of treeline, we encountered snow. It was only one patch on the trail but more in the woods. After trudging 4 steps, we made it out onto the trail again and off to the summit. We spread out and snacked and visited in the bright sun and enjoyed the views in all directions.
We wondered how Mats and group were making out, while we basked in sunshine. After about an hour we decided it was time to move down and head out Mud Brook Trail, which had no mud???? The black flies found us towards the end of the hike and we sped up and out to the cars. A suggestion of Mr Pizza and beer, was a quick unanimous choice and off we went. The plan was to wait out the black flies before heading over to the campsite. It worked!
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Still waiting for the coffee....
SK suggested Caribou Mtn and none of us had hiked it, so off we went.
Mats, Rebecca, & Annalisa headed in one direction and the rest of us the opposite direction, after finally making it to the coffee shop.
Our group was a dedicated group of strong hikers ready to take on the mighty Caribou. Arm, Woody, Stevo, Jen, and myself. The hike-2850 feet at the summit.
On the way over to Evans Notch we wanted to impress Woody and Jen with a new trail we had discovered on Friday while hiking. The hike to the "Old Man of the Valley"...a tough spring hike with water crossing(1) and about 50 feet of tough terain. After a few minutes, we arrived! Have you seen the man? I think he's a dirty old guy....The Old Man of the Valley took a bite out of Arm's arm on Friday, it may of been after Stevo stuck his finger up his nose or was it when he stepped on his nose??? Not sure, he gave me a kiss and was rock solid of a man! (Arm has a pic) Private showings only.............
After frolicking around for a while we hiked back out and headed to our trail head. Another decision had to be made...which end to start on..okay we headed up Caribou Trail and would come down Mud Brook Trail.
The trail took us through nice wooded areas and saw many flowers as it skirted along by Morrison Brook. We stopped and relaxed after hiking for a while at Kees Falls... The weather was perfect with no bugs and a little breeze.
Just before breaking out of treeline, we encountered snow. It was only one patch on the trail but more in the woods. After trudging 4 steps, we made it out onto the trail again and off to the summit. We spread out and snacked and visited in the bright sun and enjoyed the views in all directions.
We wondered how Mats and group were making out, while we basked in sunshine. After about an hour we decided it was time to move down and head out Mud Brook Trail, which had no mud???? The black flies found us towards the end of the hike and we sped up and out to the cars. A suggestion of Mr Pizza and beer, was a quick unanimous choice and off we went. The plan was to wait out the black flies before heading over to the campsite. It worked!
http://picasaweb.google.com/hikerdd13/BarnesWeekend
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