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Labor Day weekend held glorious weather, which allowed us to *finally* get in our first hike of the season.  We originally planned to leave at the crack of dawn on Saturday, but later decided that nothing beats a good sleep to start the long weekend, and traffic cooperated so we didn’t kick ourselves for making […]

Snowshoeing this season has been fantastic.  While everyone else is bemoaning the weekly snows and sub-freezing temps, I’ve been cheering!  New snow every week!  No freezing and thawing to cause crusty snow!  Finally, the season for which I bought my snowshoes! And even better – all this MA snow has meant that snowshoeing is plentiful […]

I’m trying something new in this post. When I post images on this site I have to edit them down to the proper size. From now on I’ll try to link to the original photo by clicking on the edited photo in my post so you can see the full size image. Susan went to […]

So other than dinner, what is new anyway?  Since our last post, here’s what we’ve been up to. Brian canned 7 quarts of fresh peaches, his first foray into home canning, with delicious results. FTSD’s awesome social chairs planned a kayaking trip to Hopkinton on August 22.  The weather was gorgeous and it was hard […]

I think 33 feels more than 1 year older than 32. I needed a longer birthday celebration to offset it. Wednesday: Steak dinner by Chef Beej. By far the best ribeye in town. Perfectly medium rare. Served with herbed mashed potatoes, sautee’ed spinach and red wine. yummm. Thursday: Pedicure and Hair cut at the spa. […]

This weekend we traveled to Vermont, where some of the White Mountain Jackasses (also known as Steve, Rich, Brian and Susan) decided to enjoy the Green Mountains for a change. Brian and I left Saturday afternoon, checked into the Thatcher Brook Inn, and then went exploring the town of Waterbury. Yes, that’s the home of […]

At 9am today I checked the weather report and saw CLEAR for all of today so I grabbed my pack and headed off to hike Mt. Hancock and South Hancock for my 22nd and 23rd 4000′ peaks. What the trail lacked in adequate signage and views it made up for in black flies. On the […]

Starting weight: 215 Ending weight: 215 Saturday: Rest Sunday: Martina workout Monday: Martina workout Tuesday: Bike 40 minutes Wednesday: Martina workout Thursday: Hike North and South Kinsman Friday: Rest On Thursday Brian Hone and I hiked the Kinsmans in Franconia Notch. I hiked North Kinsman in 1999 with Chris and Tenille, but I didn’t note […]

10.2 miles + 5 hours 15 minutes + 3800 feet of elevation gain = Carter Dome (and Mt. Hight) as my 20th of the 48 4000′ peaks in New Hampshire. I started along the 19 mile brook trail, hiked up to Carter Lakes, and then did the incredibly steep ascent to Carter Dome. I normally […]

Today Su and I hiked Mt. Jackson (4050′) in Crawford Notch in the White Mountains. This was my 19th of 48 4000′ peaks and the first one I’ve hiked since last October. Here are pictures of the trip. We got up at 5:00 this morning and hit the trailhead at about 8:30. The trail was […]