What an interesting day we had. 10,000 years ago, sands from melting glaciers were deposited into Lake Hitchcock. Lake Hitchcock existed for over 300 years and graually drained due to erosion and geological changes in the earth. Lake Hitchcock had filled an area 300 miles long stretching from Vermont to Connecticut, including swaths of what… Continue reading

We hiked in a wInter wonderland today on 2 feet on freshly fallen snow, with temperatures in the mid 30s, and a light wind. Face planting continues to amuse us as does deciding on which trail to take. Once we got going we had nearly 4 hours of hiking starting out on snowmobile trails, then… Continue reading

Giddy from the new snowfall, we had a strenuous (i.e. “lost at times”) hike today. Early into the hike, Joe told us that if we would stick our faces into the snow we would get a nifty face imprint. He was first to try it-and it works!!!! So all bets were on. Even Sukee got… Continue reading

Technical difficulties with the computer has the hike report “going to press” late today. And, without the expertise of Jason, there would be no hike report, so three cheers for Jason! Temperatures in the 50s had us in a slow and happy mode. Mt Warner is no more than a big hill, so it’s also… Continue reading