Percy's Peaks New Hampshire, USA

We embarked on a trek with the goal of reaching the summit of North Percy peak last week, but due to the rain that had fallen making the steep trail slippery we decided to call it a day early.

Percy's Peaks are a twin mountain formation with a north and a south peak with North Percy topping out at 3430 feet. It was a sunny day and we had a great hike up to about 2200 feet where the trail got steeper. It was a good place to stop and have lunch.

Large bolder left by retreating glacier.

View of the valley at approx 2200'.

View looking up the mountain from 2200'.

Hike Up Tuckerman Ravine

Earlier this month my Wife and I hiked the 2.5 miles up to the AMC Hermit Lake Hut for lunch in Tuckerman Ravine. There are picnic tables to eat at and a nice deck to sit on in the sun and just enjoy the scenery. The weather was perfect and the hike strenuous but we felt pretty good when we got down.

 This photo is about half way to the hut.

This is taken on the trail at Hermit Lake just past the hut.

The Air Line Trail

A converted rail route is now a very accessible walking, biking and horseback trail. The below pictures were taken today from the Lyman Viaduct on the Air Line Trail in Colchester, CT. 137 feet above Dickinson's Creek, the original train bridge built in 1873 spanned the valley some 1108 feet. Due to the increasing weight of the freight trains, the bridge was filled in with gravel to support the weight of the trains and a culvert was installed to allow the creek to continue to flow.

The wife and I will usually pick a different section of the trail and take our dog for a walk. Today was a 2.5 mile walk. For more info on the trail check the link below.

http://www.ct.gov/dep/lib/dep/greenways/airlinetrailbrochure.pdf