Favorite Mountain

A couple of weeks ago we hiked up East Royce Mountain in Evans Notch, Maine and we may have found a new favorite mountain!  It was a relatively short but steep hike, ascending through two distinct forest types while following water just about the entire way.  The climb culminated with wonderful 360 views on two summits.

Shore Things

We went to the Maine coast this weekend to visit with family and got in a few short walks along the beach in Surry and in Acadia National Park.  A lot of times when we head over there it’s winter or early spring when the tourist season has yet to begin.  While some of the…

Notchy Notch

The Barefoot Sisters referred to NH as being plagued with notches. And the word notchy notch quickly became associated with a negative feeling. Since we live in the notchy notch area of NH, reading about the Barefoot Sisters’ adventures only made us want to go hiking. We traveled a short distance into Maine to hike the legendary…