Curtis Hikes Jay Peak | Hyde Park, Vermont | April 2023 After my hike up Norris Mountain, I could see the writing on the wall. Spring was definitely here in Vermont and mud season quickly approaching. I knew that within the week lower trailheads would be impassable, and within two the upper portions of trails…
Curtis Hikes Norris Mountain | Hyde Park, Vermont | April 2023 TLDR: I went for a hike and changed my shoes a bunch of times. I wasn’t sure if the trailhead started on private property so I started down the road at a parking lot for the nearby lake and walked the highway back to…
Manchester, NH to Hyde Park, VT | New Hampshire State Capitol | Franconia Notch State Park | April 2023 On Monday morning, we packed up our things and checked out of the hotel in downtown Manchester. Today we would be driving back to Northern Vermont, where we had an Airbnb reserved for the next week…
Rutland, VT to Manchester, NH | Buttermilk Falls in Ludlow, VT | Hiking Pitcher Mountain | April 2023 After a week in Rutland, it was time to check out of our Airbnb and move on. We had been experiencing much more difficulty in finding affordable rentals in the Northeast compared to when we were in…
Curtis Hikes Blue Ridge Mountain | Rutland, VT | April 2023 While Charlotte was resting and recuperating from surgery, Jess has graciously allowed me to go on hikes by myself in pursuit of my goal to hike 300, 300 meter prominence peaks by 2033. Because of the possibility of rain in the afternoon, I opted…
The Day of Charlotte’s Surgery | Hiking Camel’s Hump | Burlington, Vermont | April 2023 On the morning of Charlotte’s surgery, we got on the road by 6 and made the hour and a half drive up to Burlington (hotels and rentals were much more expensive up there, so we chose to stay in Rutland…