Speaking of Hurricanes

Right now, I should be on the beach, watching Dylan play in the sand and dipping my toes in the gently rolling waves. Instead, Igor has hit the poor island of Bermuda and our trip there is postponed for a couple of weeks. So, other then continuing the work week as usual, I find myself with no fun plans. I guess that means I have some time to catch up on my blog!

Just before Labor Day, my great friend Amy and her new beau, Brad, came to visit us for 5 days. We had a few things planned and a few things we would do, depending on weather. Well, speaking of hurricanes, there was one threatening the Bay State in the days after they arrived. So, we packed up (Mike, Dylan and I did...Amy and Brad hadn't really had a chance to unpack yet) and headed to the mountains of NH.

We drove up on a Thursday morning and went straight to the Polar Caves Park....one of our family favorites. This would be Dylan's first trip there as well as Amy and Brad's. The park has animals, trails and, of course, caves! The caves are basically a big jumble of rocks that fell\formed with the ice age you can climb through. It's really cool - cool to climb AND cool inside all of the caves (temperature, that is). It was a warm day so the relief of the cool caves was perfect and we all had a great time. Man, I just love the Polar Caves! Here's our day in pictures.

Feeding the Ducks

Grrrr!

From the Top, Looking Down on What We'd Climbed

Playing At The Top

Dylan Was Obsessed With the Lookout Telescope Thing

Amy and Me!

Climbing Down - Amy, Dylan and Me

Brad, Amy, Dylan and Me Under the Rocks

Dylan Had Fun Chasing the Ducks!

After a fun afternoon there, we headed to our condo, had homemade pizza night and tucked into bed early. The next morning, we got up and going with Dylan, the alarm clock, and went to our local favorite hike - the Welch\Dickey Trail. We wanted to take Amy and Brad to the first outlook for a nice view of the landscape before heading back to Boston. We lost Amy on the trail about half way up - she had tweaked her knee at the Polar Caves the previous day and didn't want to cause any further injury. So, Brad, Mike and I go to the outlook while she rested up.

Napping

Are We There? Oh! Ok! I'm Awake Now!

Group Self Portrait - Brad, Mike, Me, Dylan

Dylan and Me on the Big Rock

We met Amy back on the trail on the way down and we all continued back to the car. From there, we hit the road and headed straight back to Boston. This was only the beginning of our day! I'll continue the day's fun on the next post.