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Welcome to Boo and Madhatter's photo site. We hope you enjoy looking at our trip reports. The "featured gallery" has our most recent hiking trip. The "family events" gallery is pictures other than hiking. Probably not as interesting but you might see us acting or doing something goofy. Enjoy in any case!

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Mt. Monadnock 11/29/09 : After the inclement weather on Friday and Saturday and seeing as we are both recovering from a bronchial thing we decided that good old Mt Monadnock would fit the bill. It was a beautiful day with mild winds. We had a late start so there were plenty of people on the trail. White dot trail was slick in a couple of spots from the "chute" up, but we still were able to negotiate without our microspikes. We were able to hang out at the summit and enjoy the sights. Nice to be out on the trails again.

Mt. Monadnock 11/29/09

After the inclement weather on Friday and Saturday and seeing as we ar ...

Updated: Nov 29, 2009 3:44pm PST

Mt. Galehead 11/07/09 : We started out on the Gale River trail on this cool, sunny morning with the intention of hiking to Mt Galehead and South Twin. The trails were in good shape - leaf-covered down low and just a small amount of snow and ice starting around 2,600 feet. Madhatter decided to go for a quick swim at the first crossing of the Gale River. He slipped off an icy rock and hit the water. He did his best Superman impression diving for the far bank so the damage was minimal. Just a wet pant leg and a little water in the boot. Not enough to slow us down. The trail was relatively quiet and we made good time to the Garfield Ridge trail junction. The steep section before the junction didn't seem to last too long today. We made the last 6-tenths of a mile walk over to the Galehead hut and saw our first people of the day. The foursome had already summited Galehead and were taking a break. We headed off on the Frost Trail to reach the summit of Galehead ourselves and were at the viewless top in a short 15-minutes. We took our summit photos and headed back to the hut for our own lunch break. We lounged on the porch of the hut enjoying the sun and our break. The sunshine felt good on our faces. Another group arrived and we had a nice conversation with them. The clouds began to roll in fairly quickly at this point so we made the decision to head down rather than go up the steep trail to South Twin. We had just visited South Twin a few weeks ago so it wasn't a big deal. It was nice heading down with the prospect of an early finish and out before dark. We were more than satisifed with our 10-mile hike on such a nice day.

Mt. Galehead 11/07/09

We started out on the Gale River trail on this cool, sunny morning wit ...

Updated: Nov 07, 2009 7:17pm PST

Mt. Carrigian 10/23/09 : The weather forecast for Saturday caused us both to play hookey from work on Friday. The Friday forecast promised nice, cool, and sunny weather while Saturday's was for some nasty stuff. Not a hard decision when one wants to hike. Our destination for the day was Mt Carrigain at the foot of the Pemigewassett Wilderness. The parking lot had a few cars in it as we arrived and we were surprised at the number of people we saw through out the day. I guess we were not the only ones to take advantage of the good weather. The trip up the Signal Ridge trail went very well although there are sections of the trail that are completely rocky. This gets old on the feet after a while. The reward comes in reaching Signal Ridge itself with its beautiful views in all directions. The summit of Carrigain sits a short half mile away with its fire tower standing above the trees. Very little snow and ice is on the ground as compared to last week's hike to the Osceloa's. Must have been warm during the week. There is frost on the trees which has its own beauty. After summiting, we had our lunch while enjoying the sun. We met Glenn and his black Lab Brody when they arrived at the summit. This was Glenn's final summit as he completed the NH48 (it was Brody's fifth summit). Congratulations to Glenn! In conversation, we found out that Glenn had completed the AT trail back in 2005. He's quite an accomplished hiker. We enjoyed our time with Glenn and Brody but soon started our trek down. We enjoyed the fall afternoon and walking through the fallen leaves. A great day to be out in the woods. Now, we both have to work on Saturday. C'est la vie!

Mt. Carrigian 10/23/09

The weather forecast for Saturday caused us both to play hookey from w ...

Updated: Oct 23, 2009 8:22pm PST

Mount Osceola & East Osceola 10/17/09 : A beautiful trip up the Mt Osceloa Trail to the summits of Mt Osceloa and East Osceola on a bright, sunny, and cool morning. At around 3,000 feet, the snow and ice started and it wasn't too long before we added our microspikes to our attire. They helped quite a bit and made the trek to the top relatively easy. We had the main summit to ourselves when we first arrived and enjoyed the tremendous views. The trip over to East Osceola was uneventful and enjoyed a few nice outcrops that yielded some beautiful views. We took our summit pictures on the viewless summit and headed back to the main summit for our lunch. Madhatter decided to tackle the "Chimney" (a short steep incline) on the way. He made it without incident while Boo took the by-pass. Arriving back at the main summit, we found a huge crowd of people hanging around. A couple of large groups had arrived. We found an out-of-the-way spot to have our lunch and then beat tracks to leave before the large group headed down. We made short work of the trip down and were appreciative of having our microspikes on our feet. A nice day all around.

Mount Osceola & East Osceola 10/17/09

A beautiful trip up the Mt Osceloa Trail to the summits of Mt Osceloa ...

Updated: Oct 17, 2009 5:46pm PST

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