Well since my last blog I have been busy settling in to my new role as a School Program Assistant at the Boston University Sargent Center for Outdoor Education. I am enjoying the work and have been able to train as a course leader on some of our high elements - the Northern ropes course and the climb tower. Weekends have been rather hectic with working for the conference program but I have managed a few trips. I recently went and hiked in the White Mountains with my friend Cheryl. It was in the peak of the fall foliage and was [View Full Entry]

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Unfortunately, as we headed north into the high altitudes of the White Mountains the weather turned dull. We were also disappointed to find that high winds had blown most of the leaves from the trees so the foliage views were not as good as further south. This did not stop us from enjoying our drive up the lake and taking a mountain walking trail through the forest for a couple of pleasant hours. We are staying this evening in Franconia at a very pleasant Inn with excellent food. [View Full Entry]

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We moved from Vermont to New Hampshire today. During the trip we visited Woodstock, a small town with many fine buildings and the Queche gorge, one of the more impressive geological features in Vermont. We are now staying in Wolfeboro, a delightful small town on the shores of Lake Winnipesaukee in the lakes region of New Hampshire. [View Full Entry]

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Four of us did a week-end hiking trip in the Presidential Range of the White Mountains. The highest and most famous peak is Mount Washington, which we did not hike. Our lead has hiked it three times already, so we decided instead to hike Mounts Webster and Jackson on Saturday, and Mounts Jefferson, Adams and Madison on Sunday. The last three mountains are especially beautiful. The beginning of the hike was in a forest, but around an altitude of 4000 feet the vegetation becomes parse and there is an excellent view to the surrounding mountains and valleys throughout. The mountaintops ar [View Full Entry]

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I went to the White mountains in New Hampshire and did the hut to hut hiking last October. The weather was not good, mostly raining and cloudy and wet, but it was such an experience especially going alone carrying backpack and staying in the hut at night and served hot meal at night after a looooooooooog hike, not to mention the nice comfertable bunk bed. I am going to rearrange my journey by dates later. [View Full Entry]

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Wow! Can't believe my last entry was back in January. Sooo much has happened since then. I settled in well to life in good old live free or die state of New Hampshire at the Sargent Center for Outdoor Education. It is the same place I worked last summer and is on the border of Hancock and Peterborough ("a very good town to live in!). I have been working as a school program instructor from January to June teaching lessons such as wildlife ecology, wetland ecology, geology, astronomy, night walks, ropes courses, pioneering, forestry to name a few! I am now [View Full Entry]

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Odometer: 34802km I have strange weather chasing me. Minot will be 107F today, so I am glad I went through there last week. Over on this side, there are nasty storms moving in behind me. I just hope I can keep on the leading edge of them until I get to the coast. The real problem for me is the +90F temperatures forecast. With the high humidity, I will beel like the 'mad dogs and Englishmen'. Such temperatures do not invite me to stop when I'm wearing my motorcyclehear, so the tnedancy is to keep the wind blowing by moving. The [View Full Entry]

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It's funny that we tend to appreciate where we are more, when we know we are leaving, or have left and come back. I've spent my last few days in NH trying to visit those spots and see those sights that have come to be my favorites, or that have been 'spots of refuge' for me in the last 2 years. So, yes.... I know this incredible tree is dead, but there is something beautiful in a dead tree. You can see all the detail that the leaves or flowers have been hiding for so many years. Enjoy the grand summer [View Full Entry]

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I've been back now since saturday morning. I've been meaning to write down a few things since I got back but I haven't been able to get my thoughts straight until now. Mostly I wanted to describe three encouters I had over the 30 or so hour journey from Dehradun to New Hampshire. I traveled from Dehradun to Delhi via the 5am train on Friday. I arrived at the train station around noon. My flight to the states didn't leave until 11 that night, so Mayank had arrainged for a taxi to take me to a hotel for the afternoon where [View Full Entry]

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Ok so its been a few days since I have written about my travels... But in those few days I havent done a whole hell of alot! I went shooting the other day with Kirk, we shot everything from Sniper Rifles to pistols... Shootin the AR15 was great, like always... Keisha, my stepsister, and I are going to Hanover (where Dartmouth is) to pick up my step brother and go to some Art museums... Trina (my stepmom), her mother and sister are coming in today and we are having a "Step" family BBQ on Sunday... Im going cayaking, hiking and fishing [View Full Entry]

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