New Hampshire: The White Mountains

New Hampshire was the first time the trail took us above tree line. The trail was steep and rocky, and the weather unpredicatable, and often cold and foggy; but still, the White Mountains are a truly magical place. The trail followed ridges that ran above tree line which, (if the weather were clear), offered spectacular views all around. When we climbed up to the top of the first one of these ridges, Madeline and I both felt like we had stepped into the world of Lord of the Rings. Hope you enjoy these pictures. There's still more to come. - Jonathan

New Jersey

Madeline published pictures of New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont with the memory card she returned with in October, so now it's time to fill in the missing states.....

New Jersey was a good beginning, marked by beautiful views of the Delaware River Valley, lots of fungus, plenty of trail magic, red eft newts, and wild blueberries. - Jonathan

Pictures will be coming

Jonathan just got around to loading pictures from memory cards to computer and I've just done a quick look through. There are some wonderful pictures, many that illustrate well some of the stories I recounted over the months, but it will clearly take the hikers awhile to go through them chronologically and figure out what to post. Check back sometime. They operate on hiker time. I kind of miss writing the updates. I definitely miss hearing of the adventures, but I do like having my hikers home.
~ Amy