Pawatuckaway visitor

[dms]

Pawtuckaway visitor

Last Saturday, due to family obligations, my son and I got a late start and only had time to venture up to Pawtuckaway State Park. It was a gorgeous day and so even if we could only enjoy part of it, we still wanted to get outside. Although there were 5 cars in the parking area (one of which was the chompmobile)), a huge crowd for Pawtuckaway standards, we only saw only one other hiker the entire afternoon. However, on the summit ridge we did see a strange visitor, who up till now had only been talked about, but never photographed. Thought only to be in Nepal or Tibet, here he was in southern NH, He was admiring the views and never saw us, we took a couple of pictures and ran like crazy before he discovered us! Here they are, http://community.webshots.com/user/dms123100 The abominal snowman in person!

 

[NH_Mtn_Hiker]

It's a good thing he's in a state park and not a federal wilderness area, otherwise he'd have to be destroyed.

 

[chomp]

Hey dms -

What a great day it was on Saturday, huh? We too had plans on heading up north, but the day started off cloudy and we gave way to sleeping in. We went up the North Mtn Trail, down the backside, and looped around by way of the North Mtn Bypass. Not sure how many miles, but I would guess 4-5. The woods were beautiful, and the view from the ledges was great for southern NH.

We too saw the creature in question, and were even present for its "birth". However, I can't take credit for it. I think we saw 4 people all day.

 

[Barbarossa]

QuicK: Someone call Art Bell!

 

[dms]

Chomp, that is a great loop hike. The only negative experience of the day was seeing damage to the trail caused by some clowns on ATVs trying to ride up to Dead Pond. It is a great park right in our own "backyard"!.