Chicken of the Woods

I have always wanted to learn more about foraging for mushrooms.In New Hampshire I’m told there is probably nothing that would kill you but you could eat something that would make you so sick that you’d wish you were dead. I’d really like to avoid that feeling! As it turns out, an old friend I…

Where do the fish go?

The river that flows through town is largely dry except for some pools of very warm, greenish water. So where do the fish, river otters, mink and beavers go? A shallow pool. Had hoped for some rain from tropical storm Hermine but only got a couple of brief showers that barely made the ground wet.…

A walk to the unexpected

And so it is that a walk to someplace unexpected starts with one step. Looking at the map provided by the campground, the hike to the fire tower looked about equivalent to the modest hike we often take on weekends. When we got to the trail head we discovered it was a couple of miles…