This is being written in May, even though the various trip shappened at the start of Spring Term 2006. So while belated by a month, I thought I’d post some just to get this little “blog” of mine going.
The Hemlock
I like Velvet Rocks – a good little part of the Appalachian Trail just outside of Hanover, NH. After coming back from Montana, the first thing I wanted to do was to get into the New Hampshire woods again. But not by myself; rather, with my trusty axe.
So about 200 feet into the trail a big massive Hemlock was downed by some storm or something. But it was no match for my axe
Before:
After:
It was quite fun. Took a little while to get all limbed up and everything. But a good Tree.
The Mystery in the Woods
From there, I went up the trial a little more, and then went explore through the woods. Followed a couple old rock fences in the woods. Then over a little ridge and down a little depression. Then POW, all of a sudden I see a big massive structure. Turns out it was a Hanover water storage tank. But it was pretty interestingly grafitied, most likely by young locals of various sorts.
The Sunset
That was the end of the first adventure up Velvet Rocks. Then another trip with Karl Yando. More trailwork. This time to the top of Velvet Rocks, where I climbed a lovely White Pine and took some pictures of the evening sky:
Then we headed back down. A fun day in the woods.
A Third Outing
And then I headed up Velvet Rocks again, this time exploring with Tom Bonamici. Found some pretty sweet places within a half mile of the AT, included a pretty knarly tree:
Then we went back. Unfortunately, an innocent frog was killed on the way.
And that’s a short rundown of Velvet Rocks.
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