It is 7:30 am and Iāve arrived in Ferncroft, NH for my day of peakbagging Mt Whiteface and Mt Passaconway. Unlike the other trailheads Iāve been to that typically start at the side of a road or at a campsite, the Blueberry Ledge trail had me cut through private drives - donāt worry, trespassing hikers were welcomed. The Blueberry Ridge trail is part of the āTerrifying 25ā - or 25...
A few years back, I started my quest to climb all 48 of the New Hampshire 4,000 footers. Today, I made a major milestone. With my 24th peak summited, I made the halfway mark. We reached the Eisenhower trailhead around 7:30 and started our ascent. Unlike Tecumseh which apparently is a popular climb, we didnāt encounter a single soul until we reached the Crawford path climbing the 4,760 foot mountain a few hours into the hike.
Remember in my last post when I mentioned that there were 48 4,000 footers in the New Hampshire White Mountains? Well today I learned that was a big fat lie.
Early in July, Massachusetts and New Hampshire came together in agreement that New England is handling the pandemic pretty well - get your shit together Georgia and Florida - and lifted the mutual mandatory/suggested quarantine for visitors from the other state (take a hint Maine). For me that means more hiking in my favorite spot - The White Mountains - as well as opening me up to New Hampshire breweries.
Breweries are back open - Awesome! However, if you were expecting to gather the gang up and congregate at the bar like it was 2019, things have changed.
Once again, I got up earlier than anyone on vacation ever should, and headed to my next hike in Acadia National Park. When I first heard about the Precipice Trail heading up Mt Champlain, I was thrilled - it just sounded like a ton of fun. After reading some blog posts saying that if I found the Beehive easy, the Precipice trail should provide a healthy challenge, I was...
I arrive in the charming village of Bar Harbor and quickly check into my airBnB. The room I was renting for the weekend was in a beautifully restored old house, just a few blocks from Main Street. After spending some...
A little over an hour after leaving Cushnoc in Augusta, ME we arrived at Masons - located in the aptly named Brewer, Maine, just across the Penobscot River from Bangor. If I lived in a place called Brewer, Iād probably would open my own brewery too. Masons was actually an unplanned stop...
Here commences my first review of hopefully many to come. If youāre reading this, I will make the assumption that you - at the bare minimum - occasionally enjoy craft beer. Please note, that I will not pretend to be a beer sommelier - a hoplier(?) - or the āfinal wordā on a beer or brewery. I am just a person who enjoys craft beer. That being said...