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Another Sunday hike. I'm not going to do a long review of this one because it takes me too long to finish one.

In order to preserve domestic tranquility I chose a shorter and less strenuous route this time. The plan was to hike the Webster-Jackson Trail up to Jackson Mt. then the Webster Cliff Trail across to Mt Webster and back down the other leg of the Webster-Jackson Trail to our starting point. The loop is about 6.5 miles and should in theory take a little over 4 hours. I figured if we got started at 8am we'd still have time in the evening to do things at home that needed to get done.

We woke up late because setting the alarm for early doesn't help if you don't actually turn it on. We did manage to get out of the house in about 20 minutes, so we only arrived at the trailhead about an hour later than planned. It was chilly and overcast and was making a convincing act of a rainy fall day. Although neither of us actually said it, I'm sure each thought "if we hadn't just gotten out of a comfy bed and driven two hours to do this, I'd probably just bag this and go for tea." But we started out anyway, planning to turn back if it got colder or if it started to rain.

Well, it threatened all the way up and we even got a few sprinkles as we went across the ridgeline, but by the time we reached the second peak it was sunny and nice. You really can never tell.

The hike took considerably longer than we had expected. I think it was just a lack of energy in the early part.

For your viewing pleasure:

derien next to some neat tree roots

I like the way this one turned out. The rain falling from the clouds on the right, the sun dappled far mountains on the left, and the tree in the center foreground. The white building with the red roof in the valley is the Mt. Washington Hotel.