COVID was still a thing – we were all still masking. Yet the great outdoors was there, calling, and giving us an opportunity to socially distance from one another. So it was that my daughter and I decided on a short hike to Mt Cardigan – one of the 52 With a View summits. And we were glad we did. The hike itself was relatively moderate – with an elevation gain of roughly 1200′ over a distance of 3.9 milesRead More →

When they say 52 with a view, sometimes there’s no view. It was mid-October, year of the COVID, we thought we’d add a few more peaks to our 52WAV list. The day was supposed to gradually clear – it didn’t. On the way northward, the skies were overcast, though no rain in sight. We were at the Mt. Morgan trailhead shortly before 9am. The two lots on either side of Rt113 just outside Holderness and near Swann Lake were already

Something of a spontaneous trip to New Hampshire, which enabled us to grab a bit of hiking before snowfall and celebrate Jeanne’s 65th. We planned to stay in North Conway, NH and decided on a few nearby summits from the 52 With a View list – Mt Roberts, Mt Chocurua, and Three Sisters, Middle. They are all relatively nearby and gave us some magnificent views for not a ton of work :-). Mt Roberts was first, which we did onRead More →