Dayhike!

Today (so far) went like this: Wake up at 7am. Mix oatmeal with apples and cinnamon. Pack up daybag and jump into car bound for the White Mountains!

B-May took off for the North and hiked to the top of Mount Chocorua in the western edge of the Sandwich Mountain Range in the White Mountain National Forest. I know, there's a lot of mountains in there, but check out the views below to realize that it was not without reason!







In the morning, our spirits are lifted and the day was perfect. Not a cloud in the sky and the temperature hovered at "room" farenheit. We shed the sweaters well before this beautiful outlook, which was actually a mile from the top:

And after about two hours of hiking, we had lunch here:

And I had this for lunch: Hiking food if there ever was hiking food! Pumpernickel When Pigs Fly Bread with peanut butter and sliced apples...and then repeat with pumpkin and six-seed bread. Some of the trail was really steep. This iron stake was driven into the rock to prevent this situation from happening. This was obviously not on the mountain. This was obviously our treat for finishing however: a childhood favorite of B-May's, the Dam Ice Cream Shop. (There's a dam nearby.) Behold two scoops with jimmies! Oreo and mint chip! In a styrofoam bowl...haven't felt this wasteful in a while...

And then we got back after a very tiring drive and I enjoyed another snack. But - not just another snack. This was a Golden Snack!

Then we made a couple of vegetable pizzas from leftover veggies and now I am in my first vegetarian food coma. Remarkable.