2024 Happy Blog Challenge Continues

Happy things from today: This morning, Nanni caught a mouse.  She was rewarded greatly.  No pictures, you're welcome.  😁 My friend and I headed for the mountains a little after 11:30 this morning.  We had a little miscommunication when it came to the plans which meant we stopped for lunch and to pick up a few things on the way.  Our plan is to go to two fire towers that are in the northern part of New Hampshire.  Along with that, we hope to explore and have fun along the way. On the way, we caught site of a another fire tower.  It is one that I visited back in 2021.  I hadn't realized it was along the way.  The tower itself was closed for renovations.  We had a nice walk up Mount Prospect.  We could have driven, but it was a good, short (about a mile) hike up the Heritage Trail. Tonight we are staying at a campground along Lake Francis.  It is a large lake and the Connecticut River feeds it and leaves it.  The river is, o...

Some happy things from today: Bel, my youngest, leaves this weekend.  Today was our day to go for a hike.  Knowing that the parking lot was supposed to be closed, we headed for Mount Major.  There were quite a few cars parked on the street near the construction by the closed Mount Major lot, so we drove on.  After searching, we found a different hike and ended up climbing Belknap Mountain using the East Guilford Trail.  It has one of the Fire Towers in NH that is on my Bucket List .  Yay, an item checked off on my bucket list! Along the hike we saw somethings including salamanders, a garter snake, and different varieties of mushrooms and mosses.  I am pleased to say that although the mosquitoes and other insects weren't nonexistent, they were very few. _ Bel The Fire Tower at the top was recently renovated.  Had the day been clear, the view would have been spectacular.  Had the day been clear, the temperatures would have been higher.  ...