There are only 3 warm long weekends in a year - Memorial, July 4-th and Labor Day. Get an extra day off and get away from the city every time. This article is about wonders of Sawyer Pond in New Hampshire and fantastic Montreal in French-speaking Quebec. Read all about 2 bikes, 4 nights, $700 and 800 miles.
Crossing a huge body of wilderness often involves a question of returning back to your car. This itinerary suggests such a crossing, if you have one car, one bike and 3 nights to spend in the woods. At no point you are required to carry your tent and your sleeping bag on your back. Instead, you will stay two nights in a campground and one night in the hut, where they have beds and blankets. New Hampshire White Mountains are only 2 hours from Boston (140 miles to Lincoln, NH). They are close enough and large enough to explore several times a year. Here is a bird-eye view of your itinerary:…
Rephrasing the famous song, in the wild you acutely responsible for . . . Every move you make, Every step you take. If you slip and fell – it is your responsibility. If you forget to pack something – it is your responsibility. There is no way of escaping this simple fact. The night in the wild was quiet and uneventful. I do not know, if it was raining during the night, because I put on earplugs. I always bring them along to sleep better and ignore all the noises outside. However, tarp was very wet in the morning. I was strangely cold during the night, despite all the warm clothes…
I never carried the “full house” on my shoulders before. This time, with introduction of an old professional-grade KELTY backpack I would carry a tent, and sleeping bag, and warm clothes, and food, and tarp, and poncho and dozens of other small, but very necessary things. I woke up around 6AM, and I was folding the tent and gathering my things until I was finally ready. At 07:38, I started to walk on Basin Trail. First thought was that no way on earth I can carry this beast of a backpack. On the second thought, how other people carry all their hiking possessions and do not complain? Almost immediately off the parking…
