I was planning on linking to this webcomic in a large Link-love style post but this morning they posted something that is so true to my life that I had to share. Surviving the World is a webcomic about all sorts of random life situations.
Today’s post (Lesson 414) is about hiking. And the situation which our group of friends often jokes about is that hiking partners have a purpose. We need to have someone to eat if we get lost.
Check them out.
Surviving the World - Lesson 414
We are still stuck on events from last weekend. We hiked the 4.5 mile Welsh-Dickey Loop. It had been one of my first time hiking actual peaks in a while. For a 4.5 mile hike the views were simply amazing.
View from Welsh
View from Dickey
Also, being located in the Southern White Mountains (Waterville Valley region), off I-93, the loop is an easy drive from Boston. The earliest view point is probably a mile or so from the parking lot.
The peaks are very ledgy. There are even boulders for my husband to play on. In the picture below he chose to Chimney above the trail.
It’s a really nice trail for a family. Cooper loved the trails and the crowds.
Welsh from Dickey
The mountains had these pretty pink wildflowers all over them. I really should study native botany so I know what kinds of flowers I’m blogging about.
I did all 4.5 miles in the Vibram FiveFingers. The bottoms of my feet felt great (which the large flat ledges probably helped) and I was mostly feeling the muscle fatigue in my upper shins. This corresponds fatigue from the extra use of my toes in walking. So I’d say the biomechanics experiment is working.
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