Mt. Washington

Coconut and spice Kit left early. Very early. No way. Gear and I stayed a couple hours later, but still left at a decent hour. The summit of Mt. Washington was only a mile and a half or so away. We have definitely been blessed by lovely weather, and the streak continued today. 

We arrived around the time the employees were showing up. We had breakfast there, which consisted of a grinder and an ice cream. We stayed there a couple of hours. Well, Gear and I did. Trail Bunny drove up, and volunteered to slack pack everyone, which everyone took her up except us. And Ironwill, but he had a hook up and had spent the night in the observatory, and didn't seem too motivated to move on by the time we saw him. 

So Gear and I hiked. All bloody day. Still gorgeous, but the Osgood trail, at least the descent of it, is now my least favorite section of trail. It was not fun. Pure uneven and unbalanced rocks. It was just not fun. 

We passed the Madisin hut, but they were having the annual Madfest, the hut crews' big party. We got some free food, and pushed on. Eventually we hit Pinkham Notch, where we were surprised to see an AMC lodge. We got ice cream, learned some facts about Mt. Washington, and charged our devices. We also ran into Spice Kit (they were staying there) and found out about a campsite a few tenths of a mile down trail. So we hiked down to Lost Pond and racked out. 

Lake of the Clouds morning

We persevered!

Pretty high up. 

The Cog Railway. 

I mean, it's pretty nice. 

Guess who?

So many bloody rocks.