Spent this morning preparing for a talk I have to give at MIT on Monday;.. got most of it it done. We rewarded ourselves by taking one of our favorite dog hikes.. We asked Hannah to drop us at the place the Long Trail crosses the Notch road.. and we we walked back home.  We love that trail because it has steep parts, even parts, views, streams, ponds, berries (often) animals (not so often) and great rocks..

 

like this interesting pile . Ok . so it isn’t a naturally occurring one.. but we always take a few samstones up there to drop for the through hikers.

 

We took most of the hike at a quick pace for exercise. We stopped a few places to let the dogs cool off. One of our stops was our favorite beaver pond.

Diane took advantage of the stope to pull the ferns out that had gotten stuck in her toes.

There’s an impressive three level beaver dam here.. its a little hard to see all three.. but these are long and strong constructions.

Next stop was the ckiffs overlooking Bolton and camels hump..

The heavy rains had left a bumper crop of interesting ‘shrooms..

and even a few early blueberries.. and raspberries .. yum !

 

THere was a ton of storm damage there.. this huge tree  was just snapped off by the wind..

 

Just before the final descent you come out into a panaramic view of our valley. if you squint.. you can even see the roof of our hous.e.

 

Thene there’s a long uncomfortable scramble down the thorny path home.. Still , well worth the walk..

Follweed by an accidental nap on the sofa..

 

I’m content..

nite all, nite sam

-me