Warm up for the big trip
The countdown is on to our trip. We are 35 days away and seeing as we are going to be hiking every day out west, we have to think about getting in shape so that we are ready for the physical toll it will take. Ok , I have to get in shape . Cassie is ready to go now and runs circles around me. We walked 6 miles around the neighborhood on Sunday but we need to test ourselves with some uphill climbing. So we are going to do a few warm up trips. In a couple weekends we will celebrate our anniversary hiking Acadia National Park in Bar Harbor Maine. But first, we do our favorite hike, Mount Mondanock in Jaffrey NH. It will be a good way to get the legs and lungs ready for the bigger hikes next month. It also reminds us of numerous family trips with our girls up the mountain in years past. Here is one from our first climb of Monadnock in July 1995.
The hike today was great. Though in the high 30's and windy at the summitt , the rest of the trail was warmer and sunny. To the summit and back was 3.9 miles and we did it in 3 hours with plenty of photography stops.Here are a couple
And a video of the hikers in action.
A beautiful day spent with my BAE.
