July
I had a booth set up at the ossipee fair in Maine for the weekend. But it had been slower than normal and we really wanted to get a hike in. I was supposed to be there at 9 am on Sunday but I felt that arriving at eleven would be okay. Besides there were people around to make sure nothing got stolen and I also figured fair-goers would either be at church or sleeping in so it should be even slower.
But we had a hike ahead of us and so we still needed to get a super early start. We woke up at about 4 am and went to get Scott from his house. But we didn't get on the trail until a little after 5am. Book time said seven hours but we were hoping to do it in five.
Once we got started Scott took off super fast. He knew we were in a hurry but I was not in that much of a hurry! We figured he must of been excited and just ready to get going. And thankfully, sorry Scott, but thankfully he burnt himself out and slowed down. The sun was up by the time we started so there was no need for headlamps. And we got to the top of Tom in 1 hour and 27 minutes. We took a quick picture and carried on our way. It wasn't to far to Field but poor Scott discovered he had a blister there. So we took a little bit longer of a break so he could put some moleskin over his heel. And we all devoured Scott's delicious trail mix. I need to figure out where he bought that from because it was sooo good!
We reached the top of Wiley in 3 hours and felt we were making good time. So we stopped and enjoyed some more trail mix and rested our weary legs. We knew the downhill was going to be pretty steep because Tony and I had already done this hike back in the fall. So we all took it slow and just kept going. I felt bad for Scott because the steep trail was probably not being kind on his legs and blister. We remember how beat up we were when we first started hiking. But Tony and I had a few hikes under our belts this time and we felt great.
So Tony and I were a little ways ahead of Scott on the downhill and it was the funniest thing ever. I look down at two people hiking up the trail and recognized Ryan, Tony's classmate and his wife Lauren. So out of all the trails in NH, the fact that we weren't supposed to be hiking at all, and that we really don't know that many people in the state it was so crazy that we happened to run into someone we knew. So of course we sat and talked with them for a bit. They had done some backcountry camping and were headed up to finish out their trip. But Tony and I were in a hurry so we had to say goodbye and head on our way. Scott was pretty confused about who they were.
Along the hike Scott informed us about the Wiley house story. Apparently there was this family,the Wileys that lived in this home. There was this storm coming and they were scared that this boulder above their house would become unlodged in a mudslide and crush their house. So they (two parents and child) went into the shed to wait out the storm. Well unfortunately the slide came through and took out the shed, killing the family but the house was untouched because the boulder protected it. The house and the boulder still stand today and can be visited. But unfortunately we didn't have enough time to check it out.
We finished the hike in 4 hours and 50 minutes. And I got to my fair without missing anything!
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