September 2007

Sept. 27th thru 30th the owners at the campground took a weekend of camping and we watched over the campground. It was a very light weekend and there were no problems at all.

Sept. 25 another beautiful fall day with a high blue sky and just a few wisps of clouds in the sky. We took to the golf course and totally enjoyed the day. The foliage is changing every day and the carpet of cover is different everyday. The temps were in the mid 70’s it was great, except for the high golf numbers. Tiger is safe from us.

Sept. 24 we did nothing other than go to Wally-world as we were recuperating.

Sept. 23 WE DID IT!! Starting at an elevation of about 1350 ft. at 7:30 am we hiked up towards Little Haystack Mtn. We took the Falling Waters Trail, which is 3 miles. Along the way we encountered some fantastic water falls and totally enjoyed them. On the way up we did a short side hike to see Shinning Rock. What a gorgeous site it was and the views were great. When we reached the peak at 4790 ft. the temp was in the mid 50’s and the wind was steady at about 30 mph and we would say that there were gusts of up to 50 mph. The sky was clear and we could see as far to Maine, Vermont, New York, Massachusetts, and Canada. We than turned north and hiked 3/4 mile to Mt. Lincoln which has a elevation of 5089 ft. This is the Franconia Ridge Trail and is part of the Appalachian Trail. We had packed sandwiches and snacks and ate them here. The food was good but the view was nothing short of spectacular. It was a high, clear sky and as it was late Sept. the foliage was just starting to appear. After lunch we continued north for .9 mile to Mt. Lafayette, which is at an elevation of 5260 ft. Of all the trails we were on today 90% were rock, and the hiking was not easy. From Mt. Lafayette we watched several gliders in the area as they were having a great time their selves. We than headed west on the Greenleaf Trail 1.1 miles to the Greenleaf Hut, here they serve as a rest stop for hikers and can do overnight quarters for the Appalachian hikers. We took a short rest and than headed south on the Old Bridle Path Trail 2.7 miles. We were so happy that we didn’t come up this way as it is very steep and at places you have to sit to slide down. We took a short stop at an area that looked like an auditorium that was rock formation and could seat from 20 to 25 people and had a snack. We continued towards the car and it seemed like we were not going to make it before darkness set in. We have got to be the slowest hikers on the mountain. When we got to the car it was 6:30pm still with some light. We drove home and went to bed.

Sept 18th we moved our MH to another site so that we could clean the roof and paint it. Also to clean the rest of the MH and the awnings, it had gotten really bad under the trees. Kathleen did most of the work as Jon was doing some extra jobs for Paul & Carol, had to put railings on Becky’s porch and replace the roof.

Sept. 10th, 11th, and 12th only to have it rain most of the time. We did set up an appointment at Camper World in Chichester to get new tires on the MH. We will be getting them the day we leave here.

Sept. 7th we went out geocaching and came up zero, if we have time we will try to find these caches.

Sept. 6 we went and finished the Franconia bike trail, as we only have one car we had to park at different lots and wound up doing the trail twice. We than did some geocaching and hiked to the top of Artist Bluff, what a gorgeous view and to think we would never of done this if not for geocaching. We also did some other caches that day. One that we enjoyed stated at a community park, as we had to get clues for the coordinates from monuments in the park. We did learn a lot about the history of the local veterans in the area. It was today that Kathleen commented about her bike that it was not shifting; we discovered that it was not assembled correctly and we repaired it. Thank god that they don’t work for NASA.