Sunday was supposed to be a nice spring day out so we made plans to go on a little hike. We invited Sophia with us for the day and the girls were very excited when they found out she'd be going. After a drive to Epsom and a quick lunch we hiked to the top of the town. Fort Mountain is a 1,413 foot high mountain with a large antenna on top. The "trail" up to the top is actually the access road which they allow hikers to use and I thought would be a good spring starter mountain for the girls and nice and safe for Jen too. It's still not very easy and climbs 700 feet over 1.1 miles to the summit where there's a building and tower but also good views for that part of the state. You can see much of the surrounding mountains, the Belknap Range near Winnipesaukee and even Mount Washington on the horizon in the White Mountains. If you know where to look and have binoculars you can even see the ocean. The girls all did great hiking up, even Emily insisted she hike with the big girls until she just couldn't go any longer. She made it the first 3/4 of a mile and climbed the first 500 feet before she let me put her in the backpack, which we thought was pretty amazing for her. Brooke, Sophia and even Jen & Baby breezed up to the top where we had a snack, looked around and enjoyed the cloudless breezy blue sky views.
After we hiked down it was still early afternoon and beautiful out so we asked Sophia if she'd like to go a bit farther north to the White Mountains since we were halfway there already. She did and we did. Another hour brought us to Lincoln where they had the visitors center with lots of information on Moose, which was good because Sophia is doing a project on them in school. We played around there before driving across the Kancamagus Highway and looking for a real one. We unfortunately had no luck there, but we did stop and walk up to Sabbaday Falls to stretch before continuing on to our favorite moose, the Muddy Moose, for dinner in North Conway. After that we headed home. It was a full day but I know our girls had a ton of fun with Sophia and I hope she liked everything and wants to join us again soon. There's a lot more to see and do up that way as the weather warms up, and while we'll have to take a little break this year for #3 to arrive this summer, but it should work out perfectly that we'll miss black fly season and be back on the trails in no time.
Hopefully we'll get out on a few more little hikes before Jen needs a break. Probably similar to this one, as the footing is good and safe for both Jen and the girls. There's a few more with roads up them that aren't far away either and while they're not the most exciting trails out there they're good for us right now. Check back soon, until then there's a bunch of pictures from this trip you can get to by clicking right here
https://picasaweb.google.com/108028530189197525859/FortMountainWhiteMountains
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