Blogs from New Hampshire, United States, North America - page 26

Saturday, September 1st, 2007. Along the Nulhegan River, New Hampshire. After Friday’s exhausting riverbed dragging, Darrin started the day with a new resolve. He left his campsite on the Nulhegan, portaged back to the East Fork of the Nulhegan, and then portaged over to the Connecticut River. The Connecticut was most likely to have a runnable water level. His decision was clearly validated when he reached the Connecticut. The river was big with a fast, strong current. Thanks to a steady tailwind, he zoomed along, accomplishing a solid 20 miles by noon. For the first time in a long, long while, he experienced the elation of having everything go just right. Forgotten were the resistant upstream currents, the long, heavy portages, and the pain of cuts and bruises. From the Connecticut, he began his way upstream ... read more

Friday, August 31st, 2007, Island Pond, Vermont. Darrin awoke to wind and a cloudy sky. He began the day by crossing Island Pond, and portaging three miles over a height of land to Nulhegan Pond. From there, he paddled into the Nulhegan River, where he would start an eagerly anticipated stint of downriver paddling. It was immediately apparent that “River” was an overstatement. That particular stretch of the Nulhegan turned out to be little more than a canoe-width wide. The River also passed through long stretches of alder thickets, which gave Darrin the chance to meet hundreds of big gray spiders. Their webs ended up draped across his face and body as his canoe parted the vegetation. Besides tons of spiders, Darrin also saw lots of beavers, whom he startled as he made his way around ... read more

Can't believe there is only one more week left of camp! The site crashed so my entries were lost but now they're back but my photo and comments are gone :( Alot has happened since I wrote last... So last day off when I wrote... 24/7/07 we went to Otter brook Dam, a little lake with a beach so it was nice and relaxing. Had another skit night with our bunks, ours was awful... Started to get on quite well with my new kids, annoying they were only 2 weekers, I felt like they settled in and then had to leave! Had a mission impossible evening... basically had to sit outside the LTGS cabin and wait for kids to come and complete their mission to send them off to the next station. Played tribes capture the ... read more

After driving through Maine and all the Subarus (I swear that every fourth car is a Subaru in Acadia), I reached the White Mountains and New Hampshire. This rugged terrain is spectacular with a big river (well, not Mississippi-sized, but pretty big) and green mountains. But, it is best known for the Appalachian Trail, which cuts through this area. The Appalachian Mountain Club (AMC) runs a center (Pinkham) for those passing through as well as people who are climbing Mt Washington, known as the mountain with "the worst weather on Earth". Apparently the coldest recorded temperature was there, and it is usually cold and windy up there. Who knew?! Anyway, the parking lot was full, and a lot of people were passing through the center. The campground was full, so I slept in the car, again. ... read more

Well the last day off a week ago seems like it was just yesterday. What an ace day we had! Went shopping and it was so hard not to go OTT! Tanya gave us a tour of her town, saw her high school etc. Went back to hers and lounged in the Sun with a margarita which was nice, second one went straight to my head. Got a really good bbq'd meal by her Mum and Dad which was awesome. Tanya insisted we play beer pong which was so hard but second round I got the hang of it so was a bit tiddly. Stayed the night there and our designated driver drove us back to camp on Wednesday morning. Felt v. tender for most of the day but lucky for me it was raining so ... read more