Hiking Table Rock and Baldpate

Well, in case you didn't know, Ben and Bobby and I hiked Table Rock, West Baldpate, and Baldpate yesterday. It was an unusual hike...lots of fun and a bit of excitement thrown in. In all, about seven hours of hiking between Rte 26 in Newry, and East B Hill Road in Andover. (although that wasn't the end of the hike, since Ben made the mistake of parking his truck at the Appalachian Trail, thinking it was a different trail head, about 2.5 miles away. Yeah, that's right...when we got to the "end" of our hike, we weren't anywhere near the vehicle!)

Anyway, there's something I wrote about the hike here: October Climb, and something else here: Hike Report: Table Rock, West Baldpate, Baldpate.

One very strange and eerie part of the day was standing near the peak of West Baldpate and seeing this:



What makes it so eerie is that fact that directly in front of me as I'm taking that picture there is a mountain peak. I know it's there, but all I can see is clouds, like a blanket of white all around me.

By the way, if you look at the pictures I posted with the hike report, you'll see quite an amazing difference in climate, between the peak and the waterfall...strange to think those two pictures were taken on the same day, less than three miles apart!