Getting to the Top the Easy Way

Well, I am neck deep in Halloween preparations. Dylan has chosen something awesome to be for Halloween....so awesome that it's not found in any stores and is taking A LOT of effort on my part to make. We have a party on Saturday so the big deadline is looming. I will definitely be blogging about how I put together the ensemble you will be seeing in the future. However, seeing as how I haven't wrapped up the vacation we took a month and a half ago, I'm going to get that banged out this week to leave room for our more current adventures.

Last time I wrote, I told you about hiking up a mountain with the family. The following day we had a rainy day at the condo and then the next day was mostly taken up with me driving back to Massachusetts for Cade's doctor's appointment (I'll need to post some stats on him too). I was able to swing by a friend's house for a visit before heading back up north so the day had some fun in it too.

Back on vacation in NH, the Wednesday after Labor Day, we decided not to labor too much. We would head back up a mountain again but this way, we'd take the easy route. First though, some cute brotherly hanging out on the deck:

They had so much fun pushing these chairs around the deck.

And were great playing with each other until Dylan pushed Cade in the chair and dumped him over.
He had a nice bruise right on his cheek bone that didn't fade for a couple of weeks.

It was a gorgeous day as you can see from this great pic Mike took.
There are the Welch\Dickey peaks in the background, framed nicely
by a view of the pond\dam and the pretty flowers the local floral club
does a great job of maintaining.

We took the quick 20 minute drive up north to the town of Lincoln where you'll find Loon Mountain, one of our ski spots. We got tickets for the gondola up and loaded up for the ride.

Me and the boys (see poor Cade's little bruise?)

At the top, we climbed up to the top of the observation tower, had some brunch at the restaurant, looked in the artisan's shop then went to explore the boulder caves.

I didn't know that there was a lake at the top of the mountain.

Beautiful scenery surrounding us.

It's still pretty weird to see your regular ski spot sans snow.
The ski run sign looks so funny surrounded by greenery.

We'd done these caves before a couple of years ago. I was pregnant with Cade (but belly still a manageable size) and we were able to navigate through with Dylan pretty well. Getting both boys through was a bit more tricky but we managed to do so without any incidents. Whew!

The most fun the boys had that day was playing around the outdoor auditorium that Loon has. We spent some time there with them running up and down the stairs, Dylan putting on a show for us and just wandering up and down the benches.

And that was the only activity for that day. We loved the hustle and bustle and flurry of activities we did while Maureen's family was up with us, but we had no problems slowing down the pace for the next few days. That few hour outing was the perfect amount of time to be out and about and enjoy the beautiful weather.