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It was a long first day drive out of Wisconsin to Buffalo, N.Y. But second day drive from Buffalo to New Hampshire was full of marvelous scenes. Scenes that make me think of some of the articles we read along that way about sedimentation, formations and the different ways that certain rock metamorphosis. All those terms are very foreign to me so it'll be interesting to say the least when I am in the mountains and locate each of the natural stone, rocks and be able to recall them all.
The Willard Mountain proved to be a challenge to me. I mentally have up almost 1/10 of the way up the 1.6 mile hike. This wasn't what I came here to do, give up on the very first try. With some help from Doctor Zorn and Vinny, both of which stayed behind, to make sure I was ok(Thanks guys, I am extremely grateful). At first, I told both of them to go but after a bit my mind wouldn't let me give in to just sitting back and not being part of the group. So I managed to take a few more sips of my propel and pushed ahead like no other.
I finally made it to the top of Mount Willard, but nearly breathless. It was an amazing site to see and after a couple of picture from my camera, wouldn't you know it, my camera battery died, grr.
Well, down the mountain we finally went shortly after catching our breaths and hearing some thunder. A group photo had been taken by a nice young lady from another group. The decent was a bit faster and trickier my knees were feeling the impact of my weight and inexperience at this kind of adventure.
Once the decent was complete and the entire group made it, we went back to the bunker to freshen up and obtain more literature about the next few weeks, mountains we are doing and their details, then it was dinner time, yeah!
All and all I feel that the travel was worth every bit of the effort.
I look forward to the individual challenges, group experiences and acknowledging some of the scientific things that I read about by the time thus trip is over.
It was 6:30am and another adventure of drastic driving conditions with professor Zorn and a giant white van. With the historic buffalo and the hospitality in the rear view window the second day jaunt had begun. Now the drive was majestic at points and at points very dull. I had chosen the feet on the dash and my eyes closed in a deep slumber. What was one astonishing this was seeing how big Ney York state actually is. As a Chicago boy borand raised I have not ventured off out of the safety of the Midwest. Seeing and experiencing the drive and the beauty of the hills and mountains was one thing that made every minute of the 19 hour drive worth while. Upon arrival at AMC the beauty was overwhelming. I could talk about how awesome and clean and neat everything was and is but that is not why I came here. But the hike. The first hike was perfect. The smell. This is no real way to describe mountain fresh air except by saying live in the city. Yeah, there are roads and cars and trucks and blah blah blah, but to be out here. Hiking up Mount Crawford was worth every drip of sweat. Seeing all the mountain tops and how the notch was in-between with a roadway and a railway in the middle was incredible how those where built and how the people who inhabitated this land prior to industrialization and any colonialization accured traveled and ventured along these mountains. There is a Russian author and I forget how to spell his name and in remorse of butchering it I will just quote him. "beauty will save the world"
Brent- It definitely was interesting to see the change in the rocks that the road crews blew away. It started out as dull and yellow in Wisconsin through Buffalo, but then changed dramatically once we reached Vermont. The layered dingy yellow became a mixture of metallics that included colors of gray, black, red, orange, and pink. This was definitely what the Roadside Geology book spoke of when it mentioned igneous and metamorphosed rock.
Well our day started out with Dr. Zorn trying to steal one of our bunk mates hiking boots so we started the off with a rush. We then headed over for some blueberry pancakes and sausage with real maple syrup. Which I might ad was fantastic. After meeting Dr. Arion's brother and wife we headed out to cherry hill and marthas mountain. With a 1.9 mile climb to the top the terrain was not as difficult Kearsarge but the hike was much more steep and narrower. I thoroughly enjoyed this hike because of the simplicity surrounding the path. Trees by endless trees with minimul amounts of people on the trial. After telling Dr. Zorn numerous times to proceed and I would travel at my slow turtle pace I began just looking around and not really seeing an end to all the trees to my left and right. One funny thing that did happen is, I sat down on a rock to catch my breath and drink some water and in the distance so I thought I heard some ruffling in the bushes I jumped up startled ready to see some amazing wildlife and a toad jumped out and scared the crap out of me. The view at the top was fascinating. But the best feeling was making it there. Then the decent, I was looking forward to walking down the trail and trying to take in more of the scenery. After the hike was finished we headed to the Arion house hold which was right of the lake. It was beautiful, the views where mind blowing along with the house. Chad and I went out on the canoe and did a little fishing we caught two little perch. To be honest after that the only thing I had in the back of my mind was to get back to the bunk house and shower and go to bed. I showered and layer in bed for a little but but then it was dinner time so clearly we know what happened next, we all feasted. Now that bed is sounding really nice.
I look forward to meeting fellow Carthage individuals and can not wait for this August 2011 Trip to the mountains.
ReplyDeleteIt was a long first day drive out of Wisconsin to Buffalo, N.Y. But second day drive from Buffalo to New Hampshire was full of marvelous scenes. Scenes that make me think of some of the articles we read along that way about sedimentation, formations and the different ways that certain rock metamorphosis. All those terms are very foreign to me so it'll be interesting to say the least when I am in the mountains and locate each of the natural stone, rocks and be able to recall them all.
ReplyDeleteThe Willard Mountain proved to be a challenge to me. I mentally have up almost 1/10 of the way up the 1.6 mile hike. This wasn't what I came here to do, give up on the very first try. With some help from Doctor Zorn and Vinny, both of which stayed behind, to make sure I was ok(Thanks guys, I am extremely grateful). At first, I told both of them to go but after a bit my mind wouldn't let me give in to just sitting back and not being part of the group. So I managed to take a few more sips of my propel and pushed ahead like no other.
I finally made it to the top of Mount Willard, but nearly breathless. It was an amazing site to see and after a couple of picture from my camera, wouldn't you know it, my camera battery died, grr.
Well, down the mountain we finally went shortly after catching our breaths and hearing some thunder. A group photo had been taken by a nice young lady from another group. The decent was a bit faster and trickier my knees were feeling the impact of my weight and inexperience at this kind of adventure.
Once the decent was complete and the entire group made it, we went back to the bunker to freshen up and obtain more literature about the next few weeks, mountains we are doing and their details, then it was dinner time, yeah!
All and all I feel that the travel was worth every bit of the effort.
I look forward to the individual challenges, group experiences and acknowledging some of the scientific things that I read about by the time thus trip is over.
It was 6:30am and another adventure of drastic driving conditions with professor Zorn and a giant white van. With the historic buffalo and the hospitality in the rear view window the second day jaunt had begun. Now the drive was majestic at points and at points very dull. I had chosen the feet on the dash and my eyes closed in a deep slumber. What was one astonishing this was seeing how big Ney York state actually is. As a Chicago boy borand raised I have not ventured off out of the safety of the Midwest. Seeing and experiencing the drive and the beauty of the hills and mountains was one thing that made every minute of the 19 hour drive worth while. Upon arrival at AMC the beauty was overwhelming. I could talk about how awesome and clean and neat everything was and is but that is not why I came here. But the hike. The first hike was perfect. The smell. This is no real way to describe mountain fresh air except by saying live in the city. Yeah, there are roads and cars and trucks and blah blah blah, but to be out here. Hiking up Mount Crawford was worth every drip of sweat. Seeing all the mountain tops and how the notch was in-between with a roadway and a railway in the middle was incredible how those where built and how the people who inhabitated this land prior to industrialization and any colonialization accured traveled and ventured along these mountains. There is a Russian author and I forget how to spell his name and in remorse of butchering it I will just quote him. "beauty will save the world"
ReplyDeleteBrent- It definitely was interesting to see the change in the rocks that the road crews blew away. It started out as dull and yellow in Wisconsin through Buffalo, but then changed dramatically once we reached Vermont. The layered dingy yellow became a mixture of metallics that included colors of gray, black, red, orange, and pink. This was definitely what the Roadside Geology book spoke of when it mentioned igneous and metamorphosed rock.
ReplyDeleteWell our day started out with Dr. Zorn trying to steal one of our bunk mates hiking boots so we started the off with a rush. We then headed over for some blueberry pancakes and sausage with real maple syrup. Which I might ad was fantastic. After meeting Dr. Arion's brother and wife we headed out to cherry hill and marthas mountain. With a 1.9 mile climb to the top the terrain was not as difficult Kearsarge but the hike was much more steep and narrower. I thoroughly enjoyed this hike because of the simplicity surrounding the path. Trees by endless trees with minimul amounts of people on the trial. After telling Dr. Zorn numerous times to proceed and I would travel at my slow turtle pace I began just looking around and not really seeing an end to all the trees to my left and right. One funny thing that did happen is, I sat down on a rock to catch my breath and drink some water and in the distance so I thought I heard some ruffling in the bushes I jumped up startled ready to see some amazing wildlife and a toad jumped out and scared the crap out of me. The view at the top was fascinating. But the best feeling was making it there. Then the decent, I was looking forward to walking down the trail and trying to take in more of the scenery. After the hike was finished we headed to the Arion house hold which was right of the lake. It was beautiful, the views where mind blowing along with the house. Chad and I went out on the canoe and did a little fishing we caught two little perch. To be honest after that the only thing I had in the back of my mind was to get back to the bunk house and shower and go to bed. I showered and layer in bed for a little but but then it was dinner time so clearly we know what happened next, we all feasted. Now that bed is sounding really nice.
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