a trail to self discovery...

"I am quickly learning that every ounce counts- both when you are packing and when you are minimizing." Have you ever heard the term "Sink or Swim". It's a common phrase used by many to encourage. Encourage you to give it your all. Actually, that is my interoperation of it. I am sure many have their own. As an avid hiker, you learn so many things along the way. Not to mention you learn even more about yourself. The list starts when you are a beginner, the first thing I learned was hiking a "mountain" is not as easy as it looks. Then came proper clothing, equipment, amounts of water to miles, comfort, etc. Then came the medical emergency parts to it. I quickly picked up on all of the negative things that could go wrong while out in the middle of no where, let alone on top of a mountain that just took you several hours to get too. I joined a local search and rescue team shortly after moving up to New Hampshire, and was inspired to do so because

School vacation week started up and the weather was intended to be quite nice. I was hoping to get Josh and Harper out on a hike. It didn't quite work out how I wanted but we still managed to get out. We hung around the house getting the normal life like duties done and as soon as it was done we all agreed to hit the trail. On Thursday we packed up a lunch and took a leisurely stroll down to Sabbaday Falls. The trail was hard packed ice. We all had microspikes on and did just fine. We then took a drive over to the Rocky Gorge. We walked across the bridge and over to the pond and then back to the car. Once back at the car we ate our packed lunch before heading home. Living in the North Country is not all that exciting during school vacation week. It is not any fun trying to fight all of the crowds and paying for over priced stuff just to stand in line. It leaves your options very minimal when you're trying to keep your kid entertained as well. Friday came arou