AnneLyze

Two weekends in a row, I had changed my hiking plans because the predicted weather called for rain and then it didn't.  Once again rain was in the forecast, but this time I vowed to hike anyway.  I met my partner for the day, Christine, on the Aspiring 46ers Facebook page.  After a bit of back and forth conversation, we agreed to meet at the trail head at 7:30.  Mount Marshall is one of several unmarked trail less high peaks and I was happy to have some company. Henderson Monument As a team we did pretty well, never wandering off trail and after a long walk in, criss crossing the brook multiple times and viewing several waterfalls, we made it to the top.  By then we had been in light rain for a couple of hours, but other than adding a hat, I hadn't felt the need for a raincoat.   At the summit we heard the rain coming before it dropped madly from the sky. My rain coat came out as well as gloves, yes gloves, and we headed down the mountain ...

Sam has been gone for 6 years.  Ben for three weeks.  My goal is to be more social and to avoid at all costs, hiding in my house eating cereal for all three meals and watching TV non stop.  This weekend I signed up for a ADK  hike on Saturday and a group kayak on Sunday.  Mother Nature messed up my plans for today and with the Men's US Open Tennis Semifinals on TV all afternoon, my ass will surely find the recliner.  The good news is, I have no cereal in the house. The hike I planned for today was moderately long (10 or so miles round trip), but not steep.  After doing several High Peaks recently I was looking forward to something involving less......suffering.  I can hear you all, why hike if you suffer?  Because when I hike, it awakens all my senses and mostly, because I can. There are five basic senses, all part of what makes us experience the world fully.  The second I enter the woods, the scent of earth, pine needles, mud, water...