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Colorado 14-ers – Long’s Peak
Keyhole Route – Rocky Mountain National Park When John and I started our day, we did not yet realize that Long’s Peak would replace Middle Teton as our most challenging and dangerous hike. We were camping at Glacier Basin Campground, so we accessed Long’s Peak via the Storm Pass Trailhead, making the already difficult day…
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Halloween Horror 32
September 2023 It had been on John’s bucket list to go to Halloween Horror Nights in Universal Studios way before I even knew this was a thing, and this was the first opportunity to be able to do this together. Houses We melted in the sun as we waited in the holding area to access…
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NH White Mountains – Moriah
Friday, December 30, 2022 Moriah is one of my favorite mountains in New Hampshire, especially when going over Surprise. I like it because it’s tricky: you think the next knob is the summit, but it turns out you still have 1.1 miles to go and at least two more knobs to go up and over…
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NH White Mountains – Moosilauke – North & Middle Tripyramids & Waumbek (and others)
Up until a couple days ago, before the official start of winter 2022, John and I have been ticking away at “tracing” – hiking every mile of the white-mountain trail system. Honestly, that hasn’t been too sexy, so I haven’t bothered with writing about it. Now John and I taking a break from hiking more…
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A wedding
After my divorce I told myself that I would never remarry. Eleven years later, I’ve tied the knot again. The biggest difference is me. When my ex and I were first engaged and married, my prefrontal cortex was not fully developed. I knew before he even moved to Texas to be with me that it…
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Glacier National Park 2
Many Glacier Campground to Fish Creek Campground via Going to the Sun Road Sunday, August 8, 2021 We were so glad that we had slept in the car because it was raining heavily when we awoke. We didn’t start moving until about 10 a.m. The rain paused, and we contemplated hiking to Grinnell Glacier, but…
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New England 100 Highest – Snow Mountain – Cupsuptic
Wednesday, August 10, 2022 This was the start of a less-than-enjoyable day. The first issue was getting there. We were driving from Gorham, NH, and using the All Trails location for the trailhead (45.176520, -70.844560). Google Maps told us to take Wilson Mills Road off of Route 16 before Rangeley. It didn’t take long before…
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Olympic National Park 2
Hoh Rainforest Despite hitting snooze on the alarm and not getting out of the campground at 7AM, like originally planned, we each were able to get a parking spot in the Hoh Rainforest. The five of us first took a peek in the visitors’ center before heading out for the Hall of the Mosses .8-mile…
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Maine 4,000-footers- Mount Katahdin
July 4, 2019 This would at once be one of the best and one of the worst hikes of my life up to this point for one simple reason: no-see-ums, a family of flies that gets right in your face and can literally make you want to jump off the mountain. John and I stayed…
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Middle Teton – Grand Teton National Park
Saturday, July 10, 2021 I woke John up at 6:15 AM with, “What are you doing? We’re supposed to be hiking!” We quickly got ready and drove to the Lupine Meadows trail head. We were both nervous: this was the hardest and highest peak that we’ve ever hiked/climbed in our lives. The first mile was…
Adventuring with Mel and John 