Tag: adventure

  • The Lemon Bar

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    Fireworks crackled somewhere near us. It was close to the 4th of July. It’s my least favorite holiday, with all the noise and chaos it brings. “Some idiot’s going to blow a finger off” I thought. “They might say it’s the land of the free and home of the brave, but there’s no mention of…

  • The Discarded

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    Walking the beach, I spied a boat on the edge of the marsh. I’ve owned boats both wood and fiberglass and have strong opinions on them. The care for a wooden boat is without end, and can be a chore or labor of love, but fiberglass boat does not hold a place in my heart.…

    A white fibberglass sailboat sits abandoned in a salt marsh, overgrown with vines and weeds. in the distance are boats at mooring on a cloudy day.
  • Peak Above the Nubble

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    This short bushwack in New Hampshire was one of my first trailless hikes for the Hundred Highest list. Having finished most of the blazed and trailed peaks on the list, I had picked most of the “low hanging fruit.” It was time to begin knocking off the hikes that required more care and research. The…

    Hiker with packpack on a snow covered hiking trail
  • Megalloway

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    Awake before dawn, I was wrapped in my sleeping bag and some extra blankets. I was warm and didn’t want to get moving. The rental I was driving had more than enough space for sleeping with the seats folded. I was literally “car camping”. This far north and being fall, temperatures were too cool for…

    Pink predawn light reflects on a silhouetted mountain in the distance a calm wide lake stretches out in the foreground of the image.