Moriah with MORIAH!!!

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My Moriah

This hike was special because it was Mt Moriah with My Moriah! She has already hiked this mountain before, but I made her promise to hike it with me during my 4,000 footer quest. It was a lovely fall day with shiny sky and pretty leaves.

We started out on the Stony Brook trail following blue blazes. It was was very easy to start and there was lots of water until we got the ridge. Really, it took a while for the trail to get Stony. When it gets steep there will be one more water crossing, depending on the time of year. We saw a lady with a dog and a puppy on the easy part. The puppy was surprised to see another dog and really just needed to take a chill pill. The other dog and I exchanged glances and rolled our eyes. There were a few other dogs later on the trail too. When we took a snack break and my pack was off a woman coming up the trail thought I was a bear! How silly. Bears are not this handsome.

Boardwalk

There were boardwalks as we got to the ridge. I finally learned my lesson and stayed ON the boardwalks the whole time! (Laura note: see Osceolas and Zealand) We followed white blazes along the Carter-Moriah trail which took us up some rocky ledges with views galore! The rocks were warm from the bright sun and the leaves had changed so it was very pretty.

Very steep spot before the summit

There is a sign before the tip top that is at a trail junction, but from our side it did not show the direction we needed to go. Check both sides of signs! At the sign on our Carter-Moriah trail was a really really steep spot. It was kind of like a mini-Chimney for me.  There was a 5 foot section that I need a lot of help with going up and down. But after that it was very close to the summit.

We had lunch on the summit with some other people. It’s not very big but you can see all the way around just over trees. It was actually prettier on the ledgy trail coming up. One guy was “golfing” all the mountains and took a long time to take a photo just right. Another lady loved me and gave me lots of attention whilst I basked in it and the sun. There was also a big group taking a summit photo and I totally photobombed it. I just pushed my way

My new fan

through their legs into the front row. I wish I had that picture.

Bye!

~Frisco

Moriah

Elevation: 4,049 ft

Trails: Stony Brook Trail, Carter-Moriah Trail

Distance: 10 miles

View from ledges!

More photos of course!

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Walk for Rescues

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Hall Mt Trailhead

My Laura got home early today and we went for a walk on the road. I prefer to walk in the woods, but it is getting dark faster and the trees make the trails even darker. We walked to the Hall Mountain Trailhead which is where we usually start hiking in Bear Brook State Park. It’s not that far away so I could just walk to the park but I like walking longer in the woods.

When we walked by some ponds that go right up next to the road, something big jumped in the water with a really loud splash! It was scary; both me and Laura jumped. I think it was a giant snappy turtle. I didn’t want to be anywhere around that and pulled Laura past the water. When we passed by again, Laura wanted to look for it but I said NO WAY!

C'mon Laura!

That was a scary noise. Let's leave!

No way!

This walk was also special because we fed a rescue dog! Well, we didn’t actually feed a dog YET, but we helped. Laura’s smartypants-phone maps our walks and the app has a sponsored Challenge: if people log one million miles of dog walks by October 28th, Purina is donating 10,000 meals for rescue dogs! This is really nice. I was a rescue dog so I like helping other dogs out while they are waiting for their homes.

We added 2.5 miles to the total today. So far there are 692,683 miles! There are 15 days left! Take your human for a walk and make sure they log onto Map My Fitness on the smartypants-phone. You might even be able to log it online if you don’t have one. Spread the word! Send out the Twilight Bark!

Learn more here: http://www.mapmyfitness.com/purinaproplan/

Bye!

~Frisco