This time last year, we summited Mt. Whitney. The plan was to do that again this year but the wildfires in California still have all their recreational areas closed under Forest Order 05-04-50-20-21. As a result, we decided to do 3 other peaks in 3 days starting with Nevada’s Boundary Peak. This would be my…
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10 Minutes on Jerimoth Hill
After successful summits of Vermont and New Hampshire state highpoints, and bidding farewell to our family, my wife and I headed straight for Portland, Maine to drive down along the coast to Boston. We had a fantastic time stopping off at places like Fort Williams Park to get a Lobster Roll from the Bite into Maine…
An Unexpected Trifecta in New Hampshire
The second in my COVID Fall Series of State Highpoints took place in New Hampshire on the glorious Presidential Range. This prominent peak was my primary reason for coming to the East Coast from the very beginning. Vermont’s highpoint was only added at the last minute when I saw how close it was to where…
Fall Series starts in the East on Mansfield
Since September was a bust with Colorado, my focus turned to a plan I had in the East for October. This idea began taking shape back in May after COVID shut down the world and killed my EBC trip. At that time, I thought we would surely be through all this Coronavirus stuff by Fall…