On Saturday, December 8th, Frosty and I headed up to Millinocket for the Millinocket Half Marathon. We headed up early, so that I could have time to check out the artisan fair. The bib pick up and artisan fair were taking place in the Stearns High School gym. The gym Read more…
On Saturday, December 1st, Frosty and I drove up to Greenville. We went to one of our favorite spots, Little Moose Mountain (formerly Little Squaw Mountain). We frequently snowshoe here, and we always enjoy it. The day was overcast, but mild. The temperature starting out was 27 degrees. It was Read more…
I love my Stormy Kromer Ida Outfitter vest. Since I got my first Ida Outfitter vest for Christmas 2016, it has been a staple for layering during my winter adventures. It keeps my core warm, which is important during winter activities. There have been many times I snowshoed with just Read more…
On Sunday, April 15th, Frosty and I snowshoed up Big Moose Mountain, the mountain formerly known as Big Squaw. The road to the trail head was frozen when we drove in. It is a dirt road with active logging going on. The logging trucks have the right of way. With Read more…
On April 7th, Frosty and I headed to the Greenville area to climb Little Moose Mountain. We snowshoe Little Moose several times each winter. It is a favorite. Last night it snowed, so our drive up was gorgeous with the trees all wearing their white coats. The trail was beautiful! Read more…
On April 1st, we headed out early to drive up to Rangeley. We had a great view Saddleback on the way, but the minute we parked the car. It became overcast and started spitting snow! We met the Teal Goat from NH in the parking lot. He is in the Read more…
Frosty and I got an early start and headed up toward Greenville, past Kokadjo, to the AMC‘s new Medawisla Lodge. We parked here and strapped on our snowshoes. We arrived at the parking lot at 7:15. The trail groomers had already been out before we arrived. We snowshoed on the Read more…
On Saturday, March 25th, we hiked Bald Mountain in Dedham. It is a short, but steep, hike. The weather was incredible!!! My car displayed the temperature as 34 degrees, when we started. Luckily, we got out in the morning. It clouded up later in the day. While we were Read more…
The Epic Finale is a race put on by Epic Sports in Bangor, Maine. The race is held on the last day of each year. 2017 was the 12th year for the race. I was a bit freaked out by the predicted temperature and wind chill for race day. Since, Read more…
This January, I did my first snowshoe race. I ran in the Bradbury Squall. This is a 3 mile snowshoe race through Bradbury Mountain State Park in Pownal, Maine. Frosty and I drove down early, so that we could stop at L.L. Bean to drool over gear. We left with Read more…