Sun? Is that you?

It's hard to believe, with the wet summer we've had so far, that we were lucky enough to get a long weekend full of sunshine. How did we get so lucky?

With a rare couple of days off and that strange bright light in the sky, we crammed a lot of action into one long weekend. There were the traditional events like the Montpelier parade and fireworks, and our annual hike into the Green Mountains to look down from a favorite spot onto the fireworks display down below. This year, we were joined by friends Jeff, Meghan, Dudli, Jase, and Levi for a speed hike up the mile or so to our vantage point - darkness was approaching as we got to the top, just in time to eat some dinner, have a drink, and watch the show.

 

 

 

And this year, our traditional hike to fireworks followed a tour of the Burke Mountain side of Kingdom Trails led by Jeff and Meghan. It was nice to ride some new stuff and to see there is actually quite a bit of climbing that can be done out in the Kingdom! We had only ever ridden the rolling singletrack over on the Darling Hill side. 

It was a jam-packed weekend full of activity, and it was nice to have one more day off to relax in my hammock and rest my legs.

One heck of a week! Happy 4th Everybody!

An overnight jaunt at Battell shelter below Mt Abe on the Longtrail, an epic day hike up to Jefferson in the the White mountains, the Montpelier parade, fireworks on top Mt. Madonna on the fourth then to cap it of Chrissy's birthday flotilla on the winooski river and dinner at the Alchemist! What a week it was! I don't think Sarah and I have ever had so much variety in one week and spent such quality time with good friends. It had been such a long time since we kayaked or paddled in a canoe. It was especially tough and interesting to have Odin in a kayak for the first time.
Thanks so much to everyone who accompanied us or invited us out. We are so fortunate to be in such a beautiful place with so many beautiful people.

Here's to you all and living the good life.