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March 3rd, 2020 – it was actually 61° today. I went on a short hike to Little Massebesic lake to see if the ice was breaking up enough yet to be able to go fishing. There appears to be still several inches thick ice around the perimeter of the lake with some open water showing…
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Heads Pond -Hooksett NH – Great Blue Heron 09212019 After having driven by this location, probably thousands of times in the last 40 years, I finally decided to pull into the parking area at the trail head. Although its not really a “trail head” per se as it is just an access point on what…
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Massebesic Small Creatures and Plants September 2019
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Tower Hill Pond 2016 Tower Hill Pond 2018 USGS Topo Map of Tower Hill Pond https://wildlife.state.nh.us/maps/topo/documents/Topo_16607.pdf
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Icicle: A hanging, tapering piece of ice formed by the freezing of dripping water. I managed to get out for a short hike near the lake despite being in pain from my rheumatoid arthritis and managed to get a few pictures taken near Massebesic Lake before the incoming snow storm.
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Yesterday, three years ago, Brian and I hiked up to the Belknap summit in a cloud bank with high winds and no views – even from the tower. Today was a better story, much better views and foliage was reasonable but not at peak yet. The view from an outlook that we completely missed 3…
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Rainy Day Fall Pictures at Lake Massebesic.
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Franconia Falls at Lincoln Woods. This was an interesting hike with spots splattered with rail trail moments of being bored with the repetitious nature of a long flat walk, but when there were views they were spectacular. I wish we had done this hike earlier in the spring as I would have liked to see…
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