10/1/05 - Hiked with Gwen. We actually summited 3 mountains this day but one of them wasn't a 4k footer (Mt. Avalon). It was a nice clear day. We fed some birds (Canadian Jays) that would eat nuts right out of your hand. Nice views from the summits. There was a family on Mt. Tom that had a guide to edible plants. The boy offered us some berries that didn't taste like anything. Another 9 - 5 hike.
Mt. Wiley 8/6/05 - Hiked with Jim & Gwen - Trailhead is near Arethusa Falls trail, off 302. Met Jim and Gwen there. I ate half my food waiting for them. Started hiking at 9:30. The first part of the trail was relatively flat, crossing railroad tracks. The second half got much steeper (I guess it would have to). There were a lot of ladders made of logs (see pic). They were so fun to climb! Gwen and I lost Jimbo at this point and we passed a couple guys who are also doing the 4k footers. When we got to the summit Jimbo was up there hanging out with these 2 other guys exchanging funny hiking stories. One of them got a call from his wife and she must have asked him who he was with because I heard him say "they're woman hikers". We could see Mt. Washington and smoke from the cog from the summit. The hike down was pretty uneventful until I fell. It was actually on a flat area; I was just walking too fast and not paying attention. Got back to the cars at 3:30. This was my favorite hike so far. The weather was beautiful and I was feeling great on the drive 
home.
7/9/05 Hiked and camped with Gwen. We stayed at the Liberty Springs tent site. Backpacked up, set up our site on the 8th, hiked to Liberty again and then Mt. Flume on the 9th and back down the same day. There was a boysout troop staying up there the same night and the caretaker gave us a spot away from them. There was one cute little boyscout though who kept watching us and asking us what we were doing up there. Gwen told him we were looking for the McDonald's that was up there and he said "I wish there was a clothing store up here". He was like 8 years old. The scouts were eating macaroni and cheese from a can, ewwww. Gwen brought her Jetboil so we enjoyed some delicious dehydrated food (and I'm not even being sarcastic!). It started to pour the day of our summit and it just sucked the lives out of us. We went without talking for a long time. Thankfully, it stopped by the time we came back for our packs. We were totally soaked though so we changed before breaking down the tent and heading back down.
