Down the Mountain

Good Morning from Mount Greylock.

      Today, after another pretty short hike, we made it down the North side of Mount Greylock.  Amicus and Trail Angel got some amazing pictures of sunrise from the summit, and we had homemade blueberry muffins at the lodge for breakfast.  I can't even begin to say how lucky we've been with the weather so far.  Today was yet another perfect hiking day thought it was a little warmer than it has been.

Leaving the summit. 

   
   The hiking was mostly downhill in the woods with a few vistas along the way.  It was a pretty steep descent with much of the trail covered in roots and rocks, so I was glad that it was dry.  We met a few people on the trail, most of whom seemed to be going up rather than down.  When we got to the base of the mountain we did a short road walk to meet up with Trail Angel.  Today, we spent the afternoon moving our "base camp" a little further north in preparation for next week's stretch of hiking.  We had lunch and dinner at really great local dives, which is one of our favorite parts of the "Trail Experience." I'm happy to have conquered both sides of Massachusetts's highest peak, and it looks like there's going to be some serious hiking done over the next few days, so stay tuned!

Enjoying a view on the descent of Greylock.