A Major Moment
Didn't have the camera along a couple of days ago for a trip with friends up Mount Major, a perfect family day hike.
Narrow trail with lots of boulders. Steep sections with big granite slabs. But mostly just well-kept trail for a mile and more to drop away views. Picture pebbles in a pond, only the pebbles are wooded islands, the pond Lake Winnipesaukee, with all its hues of blue.
The action came toward the top, where a particular three-year-old charged on, determined to keep up with her 5-year-old brother and a pack of even older boys. She made it, answering a summit query -- "are you OK?" -- with a sturdy, "of course, daddy."
Not so on the descent down Boulder Trail. Why did you stop there?
"Carry me, daddy!"
(For a more detailed report of another family's outing, and photos of the reward at the top, click here.)
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