Camping/Hiking

Hike: Snowy Mountain

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An overview of a day trip to hike Snowy Mountain in the southern Adirondacks.

I think I’ve mentioned a time or two (ok maybe I’ve said it a lot) but things have been hectic cray-cray since we closed on the house. I’m happy to report that a slower pace has finally started to creep its way into our lives and I’m welcoming it with open arms. I’ve got a to do list that’s a mile long, but every little thing that gets checked off helps in such a big way.

I mean really who knew how good it would feel to come home and see that Chuck put the cast iron hooks in the wall? Seriously 4 little hooks meant the world to me.

I think we might even be able to start inviting people over for dinner parties soon. Eeep!

I’m getting off topic here. I meant to write this post about the day hike that Carrie, Brody, Baxter and I went on yesterday. Carving out time to be outdoors has been tough this year and I’m so thankful that I’m finally able to do it.

Snowy Mountain is located just south of Indian Lake, NY. It is about 3.8 miles one way, or 7.6 miles round trip, with an elevation gain of over 2000FT. While there are some difficult parts for the novice hiker, it’s a genuinely nice hike with lots of great views, even before reaching the fire tower on top.

One thing I can say about this hike is that it has shown me just how out of shape I actually am. I need to get into the woods more, and start running again. Despite lots of sweat and a few troubled parts we all made it up intact for views that were well worth it. I would defiantly do this one again.

Once we got home I talked Chuck into making sun dried tomato cream sauce over penne while Brody and I lay on the couch. I was far too tired to cook and he’s awful sweet. We were all promptly in bed by 8 since Chuck had to be up early for work and Brody and I were snoozing on the couch shortly after dinner.

Brody Story: Camping at our Secret Spot

By Jessica

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Oh HAIIIIIIII EVERYONE!!

Hi!

Hi Hi HI!

Brody here!

I’m back again to tell you about the awesome weekend I had with my parents last weekend. I may still be recovering from all of the fun; I’ve been sleeping for days.

On Friday morning my parents packed everything we needed up and headed into the woods. I even had my food and bowls packed up for the trip. We hiked into our secret spot and set up camp, well Mom and Dad set up camp, I had some discovering to do.

There were so many sticks you guys! So. Many. Sticks.

One of my favorite things to do was swim in the lake. Whether my parents were tossing sticks for me to get or not I was in that water every chance I got.

On the third day this big spiky thing came into camp and I had to bark and growl at him to get him to go away. Mom said it was a porcupine. I’m pretty sure is was a bear. It was terrifying, but luckily I have a pretty big bark and he moseyed his little tush right outa there.

It was really nice to see my parents without their cell phones, or TV, or computers around. They were able to pay so much more attention to me, and I could tell they are so much more relaxed now. I think we need to do this more often.

I can’t wait to head back next year.

Until the next adventure.

Brody out-

Clifftop & Indian Ladder Trails

By Jessica

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HI EVERYONE!!!! Hi Hi
HI!Hi

Brody here!

I’m taking over moms blog for the day because she is busy packing up for our camping trip this weekend. I’m stoked to have four whole days of freedom; I just hope I don’t get into the bees like last year, my nose hurt for days!

Any way I want to tell you about a nice little hike me and the family did last weekend. Mom heard of this hike on her friend’s blog and decided that we should try it out. It wasn’t too far from our house and it was pretty.

I had a lot of fun scaring the bejesus out of my mom by jumping the stone walls at the lookouts. We went on a Sunday and there were A LOT of people. People don’t bother me because I have learned that while we are walking or running we are on a mission, and there’s no time to stop and play, or chase squirrels. There’s too much of the world to see for those kinds of things. However mom and dad kept stopping to read these stupid historical signs, they are dorks sometimes I swear.

The trail is super easy, and most of the treacherous parts have been made easy with steel or stone stairs. We finished the whole thing in a couple of hours. The water falls are just as cool as the views. I can see why the natives went through all the effort to get to them. I really think everyone in the area should check it out it’s a lot of fun.

Well that’s all for now, I have to make sure that Mom packs my hiking bag for the trip.

Have a good weekend!Oh PS: My mom want to tell you all to head over to The Charming Blog to check out her first contributor post. Thanks!

Brody

Brody Stories: Hiking Abraham & Ellen VT

By Jessica

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Oh! Hi again! Hi Hi HHIIEEEE!

In case you didn’t have the pleasure of meeting me before,
my name is Brody, I was adopted by my mom and dad not too long ago, and most
of the time they are the best parents in the whole world.

Ya know I really love that they love the outdoors as much as
I do, but sometimes my mom is a little too crazy about it.

Last weekend best friend Baxter came over to my Grand-momma
Chucks house and spent the night so that our moms could take us hiking the next
day.

I was so excited I got up a couple times in the night and my
mom had to put me back to sleep, but eventually she finally got her lazy butt
up and we drove all the way up to Bristol VT. We left Baxter’s moms car in Jerusalem at the Jerusalem trail head
and took my mom’s car to the Lincoln Gap Trail head. The road up there was
REALLY steep, and Baxter and I were all excited because we knew we would get to
play in the woods soon.

The Lincoln Gap trail up to Abraham was super easy for me, but I had to
keep going back to check on my mom, she’s a lot slower than I am. I had a
little trouble with a couple of the scrambles, but I got through them all on my
own, and after 2.6 miles we were at the top. We had to go on the leash then
because of the vegetation up there, but that was ok, I was ready for a snack and
a little break, plus it was pretty.

Next we hiked along the ridge, for about 3.7 miles. It was
pretty easy and a nice walk, Baxter and I had a good time racing up and racing
back to our moms. We got to take little a break near Sugar Bush, and a quick stop to read the sign on Lincoln peak, then by the
time we finally hit Mount Ellen I was starting to feel tired. Luckily Mom took
a break and I got to take a quick nap in the soft grass before we started to descend
the 4.3 miles down the mountain. The first part was pretty rocky, and steep,
but then it flattened out some and was easy downhill walking the rest of the
way out.

When we finally got to the car our moms told us that they
were left the keys in the other car, so we had to keep walking down the road to
the country store and wait for my Grand-momma to come save us. She’s the best.

It was a lot of fun, and also super tiring. I did nothing
but sleep on the way home, and all the next day. Mom was pretty much there with
me since we hiked a total of about 12 miles (including the 1.4 to the store).

Welp that’s all for now! Have a great weekend!!

Oh P.S. My mom wants me to give a shout out to Carrie for some awesome pictures of me!

I LOVE Camping

By Jessica

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All Chuck wanted for his birthday was to go camping for a long weekend.
We were lucky enough to have this beautiful lake all to ourselves for four whole days.
There is something so inspiring about being in the wilderness out of touch with “real life” for a while.
This is why I love backcountry camping.

Camping/Hiking

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