Mt Washington Hike

• In the beginning...there were Peter, Minyoung, Laura, Veronica and Clotilde. We started driving from Boston around 6am and reac
• A nice shot of the train. If you notice, the train engine is actually behind the passenger car, because the engine pushes the c
• steam locomotive w/coal--one way to get up the mountain...
• closer look
• "i think i can, i think i can" :)
• just the first of many uphill ascents
• the trailhead was located near the base, but we had a little trouble finding it
• ...and we're off!
• the first part of the trail was fairly level forest
• we followed flowing water for the first quarter of the hike
• we were extremely lucky with the weather
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• taking a break on the seemingly endless stairs
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• when we saw this from the trail...
• ...curiosity got the better of us--about to leave the path...
• ...to get a closer look at this beauty! (unfortunately, it's pretty much right next to a cliff, so it was impossible to get a pi
• the waterfall flowed down with this view in front...
• i guess our guest photographer couldn't get all of the waterfall in...oh well.
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• photo op!! :)
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• so happy together...
• saw these berries...and blue ones along the way (have no idea what they are, though!)
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• we can see the smoke and hear the train from the distant
• i have a weird habit of needing to scramble up on top of stuff
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• the name of the hut is Lake in the Clouds (it even had a dining hall). there this particular bargain that temped some of us: al
• another train in the distant
• crawford notch (me: should we climb that later? everyone else: silence)
• small brush and the rockiness reminded me of pics of canada & alaska
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• cairns marking the way
• crawford notch on the left, hut on the right
• ah yes! the summit is now before us, but how much longer will it take us to get there?
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• clouds rolling in...still really decent weather, with the temperatures slightly chilly, but still comfortable, as long as you're
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• on the way to the summit, we saw people walking in pairs with seemingly pretty heavy loads on their back. they were headed tow
• up, up and away!
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• we've summitted!! that's the observatory in the background.
• and the train made it too
• after waiting patiently in line, we took a picture of "the sign"
• the train going down with its HUGE cloud of smoke...and the parking lot for those who drove up (tsk tsk!)
• taking the gulf slides --> jewel trail down we're up in the clouds :)
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• train tracks into infinity...and beyond!
• dropping right off of the mountain...Veronica told us that it was impossible to stand up at times (because the train would be at
• posing on the tracks...watch the train coming!
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• reflection of the trees in the pond...so beautiful
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• to the left
• to the right...
• and in the middle :)
• my trademark pose
• steaming on the downhill too...i guess they have to brake...
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• it's like a rollercoaster :)
• going back uphill?! nooooo.... on the rest of the way down, there weren't too many nice views. led by Minyoung, we did some tr
• it's like a rollercoaster :)
• and...we're back!
• what a cutie pie :)
• it's a fox! (probably looking for handouts...) we did see a warning sign in the base lodge, asking people not to feed these them
• tired, but happy! We went back to Boston and finished the evening with a nice sushi dinner.