Well we were running out of time to get in a winter hike this year but with a week or so to go in the official winter season we finally managed it. Ryan and I went up into Vermont, home to 5 of the New England 4000 footers, and hiked up Mt. Abraham. It's not the toughest mountain on the list but with a 45 pound pack on an overnight trip it gets a bit harder. We started at night (surprise surprise) and spent the night at a shelter on the Long Trail. It goes the entire length of Vermont, we however only did enough of it to get another 4000 footer in. After a relatively warm (23 degrees) crystal clear, silent night with millions of stars and the mountain to ourselves we awoke at 7:30 and headed for the top about another mile away. We got there around 9 and the weather was so perfect we spent the better part of an hour soaking in the views and sunny weather. There's a bunch of pictures from the hike here. After that we headed down and since we were done early in the afternoon went north 15 miles or so to visit Chris, Katie and the kids for a few hours. It was in the 50's up there and they have no snow left, well except where I built the ski ramp at Christmas (oops) so we had lunch and hung out in the yard for a while. Anyhow we had a quick but nice visit before heading home. There's a bunch of pictures from that here. That's all for now but as soon as I get some more pictures or videos I'll put them up. Bye for now. 
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