A Whole Lotta Weld Weekend

Spent last weekend in Vermont with Alison and Barry.  They had rented a camp on a pond for the week and invited us to stay with them Friday and Saturday night.  I took NO pictures until this one on Sunday, on the ride home.  We had a great weekend with a bunch of biking.  Jim and I rode Moose Creek State Park in Gorham, NH on Friday evening, had a killer dinner at a pub in Lancaster and then arrived at the camp around 9.  On Saturday we rode a challenging three hours with LOTS of climbing and LOTS of downhill in Waterbury, VT.  On Sunday it was rainy, so Jim and I packed up our stuff and went out to lunch in Lyndon, VT (really good pizza and beer).  On the way home we stopped in Evans Notch to do a short walk with the dogs.  We went up The Roost.  This is from the viewpoint, looking down at the Wild River.  A beautiful weekend.

This past Thursday, I committed to a NEW logging road for walking the dogs (I am tired of worrying about who my dogs will freak out on the Gauge.  It is a big bummer to me that the trail is being used so much more than when I first moved to Farmington.)  So I am adjusting.

For some reason this particular logging road makes my dogs RUN like crazy.  There are a ton of red squirrels and they spend the whole time running, full sprint.  And then they do this...

Friday, after school, I headed to Weld straight from school.  Jim had to drop the dogs off to my car around noon, so it was the perfect opportunity for me to cruise straight there.  I spent some chill time on a hot rock (one of my favorite activities) and let the dogs run and run.  Looking at Tumbledown and Little Jackson - Old Blue in the center, farther back.

Bald on the left, Saddleback on the right -- PLEASE, no wind towers on Saddleback in Carthage.

Webb Lake and Mountains Behind

Webb Lake again...

Close-Up of Tumbledown, Little and Big Jackson

Bald and Saddleback again...

Little Blue to the left and Mt. Blue to the right.  We biked on Sunday, and we biked right through the saddle of the two.

Sunset Saturday night - Dixie on Bald

Dix with stick...

Dixie, Jim and Phoenix

Looking eastish from Bald

The Shadow of Saddleback

Webb Lake and Mountains

Sunday we biked the two hour loop (lots of climbing) - at the start of the ride, we walked up to Hedgehog, and this is what we saw.

After a good ride, we headed to Phillips to swim in the Sandy.  Jim didn't, but I did.  It was COLD, but it felt so good.  From there we headed to Strong for local burgers.  Pretty kick butt weekend.