What was odd or strange about this fourth trip this year?
Finally, I decided to bite the bullet and complete the most popular and the most crowded section of New England Appalachian Trail (AT) – White Mountains and in particular – Presidential Range section over Mount Washington.
After returning from previous trip on June 5, I couldn’t find a good dry 2-3 days windows to go – all I saw was the rain all the time.
Finally, on June 18 I started to plan details of the Presidential Range NH section of the Appalachian Trail. This is a 26-miles hike from Webster Cliff on route 302 to Pinkham Notch on route 16.
On June 21 I see a potential gap in rainy days around Sunday, June 28. The closer we are getting to the departure date, the clearer it becomes that I would use 2 nights and 3 days from SAT 06-27 to MON 06-29. All these trip preparations are happening on the background that OTIS is not responding about extending my contract for another 6 months.
The final decision was taken on THUR 06-25, and all the packing and preparations were done on FRI 06-26. Suddenly my sister Vera calls and tells me that after many years, her last day at work will be June 30. That is a worrisome event at 67 when you are still full of energy and have never NOT worked in your life.
Navigate through the List
- 01 2026-06 Preparation for a third trip (2026/06/02)
- 02 2026-06-03 WE - Private Mile Notch Rd. to Grafton Loop Trail (2026/06/03)
- 03 2026-06-04 TH - from Old Speck MTN over AT to Mahoosuc mile (2026/06/04)
- 04 2026-06-05 FR - local shortcut to Bull Branch and alternative roots (2026/06/05)
- 05 2026 06 Lessons for all three May-June trips (2026/06/06)
- 01 2026-06 Preparations for the fourth trip (2026/06/26)
- 02 2026-06-27 SA bike fast without rucksack, hike slow without gusto (2026/06/27)
- 03 2026-06-28 SU Fourteen miles in fourteen hours over Mount Washington (2026/06/28)
- 04 2026-06-29 MO - up to Mount Madison and down to the car (2026/06/29)
- 05 2026-06 Epilog - Bite the bullet and do it (2026/06/30)
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