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Sunday morning after church Andy asked me if I was feeling adventurous. He wanted to hike Singepole Mountain. I said, "I've never been winter hiking, and I've never been night hiking, but I'm game to give it a try!"

So at about 8:00 Wednesday night we headed out from South Paris. The weather was warm (for mid February!) and the sky was clear, so it was a great night for a hike.

Andy brought some headlamps with him, but there was enough light from the moon that we really didn't need them. Although, if I hadn't had Andy with me I probably would have needed the light a couple times when I wasn't quite sure where the trail went. Actually, if I hadn't had Andy with me, I probably wouldn't have done the hike - or at least - I would have done it in the daytime first to refresh my memory on what the trail looked like!

Since the sky was fairly clear, we even took some time to look at the stars and find some constellations - Orion, the Big Dipper, Pleiades, etc. (more...)

I know, I've already done a hike report of Singepole, but it was during the winter, at night. Trust me - hiking it in the summer, during the day, is a very different experience!

This is my friend Carlos' last week in the US before heading back to Honduras, so I wanted to introduce him to a couple of our local mountains. We had only three hours, and we wanted to see if we could do both Singepole and Streaked. Working against us was the fact that this was my first hike of the summer, so I wasn't in the greatest shape for it!

The hike up Singepole is not all that exciting; it's more of a road than a trail, although it's a very BAD road! Better for ATVs than cars! And you don't really get any views at all until you get to the top.

Close to the top there is a quarry (and Carlos, who is quite fluent in English, hadn't heard this word, so I had to try to explain what a quarry is). Here's a definition:

A quarry is a type of open-pit mine from which  (more...)

It was pleasant to hike in view of the pond for awhile. On the back side of the pond you pass through a lovely forest . The trail goes downhill at least once and further on seems to widen as though it had been a logging road.
Overall a great hike with good views, but I was limited from exploring the top more as Jake seemed to be in a lot of pain. Once we were back on soft soil he began to use his paw again, limping only occasionally.  (more...)