Mt. Philo

OFF TO THE RACES! We started our weekend with a long road trip Friday night. Across NH and Vermont to Charlotte Vt. and Mt. Philo. Dad's buddy was racing again. Hill climb up the moutain. He drives a red oldsmobile. Mom and Dad took turns holding me in their coats. We spent all day Saturday at the start line. After practice I got to get up on Dad's friends tool box and play with his dog Marley.She's a beautiful red Irish Setter. After dinner they slept in his truck and we slept in our van.

Sunday was race day. We spent the morning chatting with a man who was working with the rescue squad team. He said his wife would love a dog like me. He was so nice. We stayed half the day then began our trip home. We traveled down Lake Champlain . We stopped to watch them loading the ferry,looking at the Adirondak moutains across the lake. We meandered through the Vermont hillsides, stopping in a few hay fields to play. We even saw a round chruch...pretty cool!

We happened apon the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum, just caught them on their last weekend open for the season. We pretty much had the whole place to ourselves, yep they even let me in. It had alot of "kid interactive" displays and audio self-guided tours. I got to play in the kids boat. We also boarded the replica of the Philadelphia, built right there at the musuem. Our guide was awesome and we learned ALOT from him about the boating history of Lake Champlain.

There was a tent just full of old wooden boats, and a blacksmith's shop. I got to stand on the anvil....Daddy's little girl! My Dad loves blacksmithing.

Over 600 miles later we made it back to the coast, full of information, memories and a huge desire to go back to that area. The Adirondaks call this adventure dog back. Spring is "just around the corner".....Right?

Mt.Philo (Cont.)

Rangley/Smalls Falls

I want to start by saying hi to Kasi... A dog I met hiking in the Berkshires last weekend, thanks for the note on my blog!

Our weekend started Friday night with a New England boiled dinner at my Grammie and Grampa's house...noone....I mean NOONE can cook a boiled dinner like my Grammie YUM! YUM! Yes, I get a little spoiled over there! We ended up going home to sleep off all the GREAT food.

Saturday was quite a chilly start so we headed north to the Mt. Washington Valley, the Mecca shopping outlet of the East. Mom and Dad aren't shoppers but needed to get some new gear before winter adventuring begins, and there are a couple of brand new outfitters up there.

North from there to the Great North Woods, cozy in the van...much sight seeing. Frosty...I mean FROSTY night in the van, snug under plenty of covers but morning started with scraping the frost from the INSIDE of the windows! All the pines were crystally in the sun....soooo pretty! A short drive to warm up and stopped at the foot of Rangley Lake for breakfast outside the van door. Beautiful morning ! Drove around part of Rangley lake Stopped at a rest area for a photo op.

Drove to Smalls Falls and hiked way up to the top and then some. Nice falls, we've been there before..but it was summer and Me and Dad went swimming then..NOT today burrrr! Mom got some nice pictures and video's of the falls. I scared the witts out of some poor lady, oh how she shrieked! What, she wasn't exspecting to see a 4 pound Yorkie in an orange coat out in the woods??? Ha! Ha! None ever is. Guess she's never heard of Moxie the Adventure Dog!

Awewsome weekend, like the rest.

Rangley/Smalls Falls (cont.)

Jess's B-day

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY OTHER BROTHER JESSE!!!!!!

Jer's B-day

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY BIG BROTHER JEREMY!!!!!

The Bershires/Mt. Greylock

EVEN THOREAU WANDERED THESE HILLS!

..."Yes,yes Lovie, I've heard the Berkshires were lovely this time of year"!!!! Off we go on another fall excursion. We left town Friday morning...AGAINST holiday weekend traffic! Across southern New Hampshire and Vermont. More stunning fall foliage. Mom made me a bed up in a laundry basket, so I could see out the window too. Down into western Massachusetts to the Berkshires...BRILLIANT! By nightfall Dad had found the trailhead up Mt. Greylock. ( I helped, I'm great reading the delorme maps) We parked the van and cuddled down, van camping for the night.

In the morning we had a great blueberry pancake breakfast...Maine blueberries brought from home. Actually My favorite part is the BACON, love it! With full bellies we headed up Mt. Greylock (highest moutain in the state) We followed the Money brook trail to Money brook falls. Pretty falls, a MUST COME BACK IN THE SPRING kind of place. UP, UP, UP all afternoon, moseying, exploring, enjoying the beautiful fall weather, couln't have been nicer. We found an old fireplace, reminants of years past. We took a few breaks, I like to rest on Dad's pack.

We could see the tower on Mt. Greylock from a long ways away, but when we actually summited and saw it, I was shocked at how big it was..it made me look soooo small ha! ha! We stayed on top until we saw the most awesome sunset. We walk down to our campsite in the near dark. It was a COLD crystal clear night. We had an owl right outside our tent so Mom & Dad wouln't let me out alone.

Had breakfast at a picnic table on Stoney Ledge, unbeileible view down to the Hopper and up to Greylock. We met some "ultra run-hikers" nice guys. On the way down we met a really nice lady and her freinds. Turns out she's an artist...a good one too! Sounds like she loves outdoors and kids just like I do.

Thank goodness for Monday so "Adventure Dog" can rest! What a weekend!

The Berkshires/Mt. Greylock (part 2)

Foliage trip

Foliage road trip in the v-dub for the weekend. It was a clear brisk weekend, perfect for leaf peeping. Nice rest on our weary bodies after our 20 mile hike last weekend. Off to New Hampshire and the White Moutains. We saw lots of wildlife out the van window. Eagles are making a come back and we see them all the time. Mom says if I ever see one, I should tuck tail and run. I could be LUNCH! EEEKK! I was safe in the van for this one! Then we saw a deer, we only had one picture left at the time but got a "head on" picture. He stood so still even I thought he was fake! The foliage in the moutains was still going off and still stunning. We passed the Mt. Washington hotel and the moutains in the background were dusted with snow...our first sighting of the season, I'm sure there's plenty more to come! We headed to Vermont to the Green Moutains that were every color but green! We took a few short hikes over the weekend and found more kinds of mushrooms. On our way home we stopped at my freinds Ranger's house. He's a big black lab. We are great freinds. His Dad has chickens in a pen. I'm not too sure I like them too much, but Ranger stays away from them so I do too. Another fun weekend full of beauty and freinds. AWESOME.

Foliage trip (part 2)