On May 3, 2003…… Freezing and thawing opened fissures in the Old Man’s forehead. By the 1920s, the crack was wide enough to be mended with chains, and in 1957 the state legislature passed a $25,000 appropriation for a more elaborate weatherproofing, using 20 tons of fast-drying cement, plastic covering, and steel rods and turnbuckles,Read More
State Forest
Mount Grand Monadnock
This is from the archives… I hiked Grand Monadnock with my grandson Jack back in 2014. We had a great day, carried packs that were way too heavy, had lunch on the summit, suffered sore legs and feet, and busted big toe-nail coming down.