Opalite Dreams

I brought my opalite stone to the lake on Wednesday, when the temperature was 78 degrees in February. I took a few staged photos, and these are my favorites:

Magic Skies

Two shots from the family shorefront on Wyman Pond:

The Green

...from my hike of Mount Grace in Warwick, MA

Spacemen Four

I found a fourth spaceman when I took over the other store back at the end of June.

They all went trekking yesterday:

Ahhh... Sunset

I spent some quality time down at the lake today (6-8 pm):

Mountain Quest '13 No. 1

A view of Mount Wachusett from the Mid State Trail going through Crow Hills, on both my ascent (4:45 pm) and my descent (6:30 pm):

Outdoor Inspiration

  I'd been getting rather sedentary lately, so today I decided to begin what I have been calling "Mountain Quest". I want to climb as many local New England mountains as I can before winter sets in. So today I climbed the Mountain House Trail on Mt. Wachusett. The climb was strenuous in the best way possible, the view at he summit was incredible, and listening to Abbie Barrett's "Dying Day" on my iPod on the descent was perfect. There is nothing like fresh air, majestic vistas, great local music, and physical exertion to get the brain wheels turning.