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!