Green Ceiling

Before the leaves turned, and before the weather changed, there was green.

Along the trails, the sun lit the forest, worthy of being seen.

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Valley Panorama

Quite a beautiful setting in the valley below Mt. Washington.

Franconia Finish

Looking west from Franconia Notch. (C) 1inawesomewonder.

Mt. Washington ~ April 2016

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Where there are people, there are wires. Even with the wires, the peak of Mt. Washington is always a sight on a clear day.

Mt. Washington top from Twin Mountain. (C) 1inawesomewonder.

Mt. Washington in April. (C) 1inawesomewonder.

Duck Departure

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Moose Flowage, Pittsburg, NH

Merganser at Moose Flowage, (C) 1inawesomewonder.

Colebrook Cabin Trip

Once in a while I am fortunate enough to “get away from it all” and escape to the north woods of NH. This weekend was one such time. For 30 or so hours I had a place to stay, no agenda, and the entire North Country to play in. It did rain and/or snow for the entire time I was up there but I tried to make the best use of this gifted time, which meant getting into the woods, even in the rain and snow.

I encountered more animals than I could get pictures of, including Deer, Turkeys, Ruffed Grouse, Canadian Geese, various Ducks, Bald Eagles, Hawks, Rabbits, and a Bobcat.

In my treks through the woods I only was on one trail and that was the Magalloway River Trail. The rest of the time I made my own trail through very thick brush and forest. It rained, it snowed, and everything in the forest was wet, including me. I also found myself knee-deep in snow several times, and on a couple of occasions I was in snow up to my belt buckle. Needless to say, I was soaked on both days I hiked.

Finally, after years of owning my camera, I finally tried out the timer function. I took some pictures of myself for the time, along Coon Brook in Pittsburg. I stacked several rocks in a pile, using the flat rocks on top to make my own camera stand. It seemed to work just fine.

A loon enjoys some of the open water on the Magalloway River

Woods along the Magalloway River Trail

A Common Merganser takes flight over a still frozen section of the Magalloway River

Winter still holds on here, even in the last week of April

The Mohawk River just west of where the West and East branches of the river meet, just below the Colebrook Cabin

An early morning panorama of Lake Francis in Pittsburg

Another look at Lake Francis in Pittsburg

Fresh snowfall is apparent while looking north on Route. 3 in Pittsburg

Third Connecticut Lake, 4-27-14

This wintry scene looks more like December than late April

Even staring right at me, it’s sometimes hard to find the moose in a picture

Moose close up, kind of

A remote section of Coon Brook which feeds into First Connecticut Lake

One of the widest, open sections I found along Coon Brook

There were several areas of knee-high to waist-high snow that I encountered while following Coon Brook

Yours truly, soaked and figuring out the timer on my camera, while a Ruffed Grouse making a minor disturbance grabbed my attention

Another moose along Moose Alley in Pittsburg

My moose friend comes in for a closer look

I thoroughly enjoyed my hike along Cascade Brook in Dixville Notch

More of Cascade Brook which cuts through some very rugged, untamed country

Some of the walls climb straight up 50 or more feet from Cascade Brook

Flume Brook meets Cascade Brook, which then makes Clear Stream I believe

This is me sitting on a fallen tree that spans Coon Brook in Pittsburg, NH

Moose – My Favorite

Bull moose in Errol, NH

Over the last few weeks I have been thinking about the North Country of New Hampshire and Maine while missing the hundreds of hours I have spent with my favorite animals, Moose. These are just a few of the hundreds of moose pictures I have taken over the years. The majority were taken with my 35mm camera so I have the prints and negatives and not nearly as many on my digital camera.