view from Monadnock  

"People who like this sort of thing will find this the sort of thing they like." (Lincoln)

 
  
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No more classes, no more books, no more students' dirty looks

 

3 July: Thumb Mountain, Skatutakee, and fireworks in Grafton

A rain-threatened day, but the rain held off until late afternoon. Undaunted, a hike to Thumb Mountain in Hancock, NH, and then along ridge to my favorite, Skatutakee.

Jacks Pond on the way to Thumb

Monadnock from Thumb

North Monadnock, Pack Monadnock, & Temple from Thumb (slope of Skatutakee in the foreground)

I had tickets with a friend (thanks, Vermont Yankee!) to an open-air pops-ish concert by the Vermont Symphony Orchestra at Grafton Ponds, and we got lucky that the rain went through in between the hike and the concert.

Vermont Symphony Orchestra at Grafton Ponds

The evening culminated with fireworks.

Grafton Pond fireworks

 

Grafton Pond fireworks

Grafton Pond fireworks

 

 
 

 

Skatutakee, 9 Aug 07