End of the Season

Posted by faegirl on October 9th, 2007 filed in Uncategorized

I’m not sure how it goes in other parts of the country, but Columbus Day is basically the official end to things here in New England. Generally, people go to their summer houses and close them off, turn off the water, and finally empty the fridge of the last of the Sam Summers that might still be in there.

It is also the end of the “safe” hiking season. After this weekend, the weather starts to get a bit weird and dangerous. You could have snow one day and have it be 60 degrees the next (happened one New Year’s, which was glorious because we went into Boston and didn’t need winter coats).

Unfortunately, it also rained on Columbus Day. We had gone to a wedding on Saturday and were exhausted on Sunday. Monday morning, I woke up to pouring rain that waxed and waned through the day, but never really left. We were both very glad that we agreed on Sunday that we would stay in MA instead of dealing with driving up, getting wet, probably getting angry, and dealing with traffic to just tag another peak. We’ll get it next May as our first mountain of the year.

Pictures from the Hancokcs came out alright…I used a disposible camera since they are so light.
This is Larry…I might have mentioned him before, but I’ll talk about him more in depth soon.

The summits were rather dissapointing, but it was a good hike. I felt great the next day, which is always a nice thing.

These were both taken at North Hancock. Now I just have to get a small digital camera that will fit into my pocket, take great macros, do self timer, and have a decent zoom (I like 12x) hehe..>Any suggestions?