New Hampshire Work-cation

Last break of the day at Greenleaf hut

Franconia Ridge on a summer day

@toesalad Summit Little Haystack Mountain

Summit of Little Haystack and lunch break. In fact we don’t have a lunch break on hikes. We stop every 45mim to 1 hour and we take a 15 min break and we eat continuously throughout the day this way, little snacks as needed.@mypictograph

Hiking up Falling Waters Trail to Little Haystack Mountain with approx. half the population of New England and southern Quebec. Ok not really but almost. This was the most people I’ve ever seen on one trail!

The crowded trail was a little frustrating (but we’re part of those crowds!) but still worth it.

Turns out I was right about trail popularity. This loop is one of New England's most popular hikes. https://newengland.com/today/travel/new-hampshire/white-mountains/franconia-ridge-loop/ With good reason.

Appalachian Trail thru-hikers from the morning we did trail magic at the NH 112 trailhead.

Theoretically we were following a trail, the yellow blaze led us to this water crossing, a distributary of the East Branch of the Pemigewasset river. We’d been having a pretty boring hike up till this point and then things got interesting as we crossed over to a little island and then had to cross back to the shore and rejoin the main trail.

Day three - this was a working weekday but we got out in the afternoon for a river swim at Lady’s Bathtub in the East Branch Pemigewasset River. I adore river swimming, it’s my absolute favorite and this spot is awesome!

Day two - hanging out with the Sifferman’s again, the whole family this time for a picnic supper. Doing what outdoor-loving families with 7 kids aged 19 to 2 do - play by the river and create river rock throwing challenges that everyone, well except the baby, could participate in.

Day two - @toesalad @brienne @mypictograph hiked these peaks. I took a rest day, read and napped.