Never have I enjoyed such a magnificent view for so short a hike as the trek to the top of Gap Mountain.
Located just south of Grand Monadnock, off Route 12 in Troy, Gap Mountain is a bump (two, actually) along the Metacomet Monadnock trail, but it makes a fine little day hike itself, especially for [...]

I woke up to a familiar sound this morning, though it took me a while to place it.
I was just waking up, of course, and I'm not too keen without coffee. Too, it had been a long time — far too long — since I'd heard the call of a loon. There it was, though, [...]