On last week’s backcountry trip to Sawyer Pond, we received a lot of warnings about how it has been a very active summer season for the local bear population. Some were even going as far as to call it a “Bear Summer.” That got me thinking… Seeking Bear Repellent Before heading into the backcountry, I…
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Back to the Backcountry! An Overnight at Sawyer Pond
This past Friday, my brother-in-law and I headed out to the backcountry for the first time in years, and for the first time together. Our target? Sawyer Pond in Livermore, NH. We saw this as a trial run for hopefully bigger things down the road. Best Laid Plans The plan was to mountain bike up…
Our Place in the Woods
We need this, don’t we?
This place only we
seem to know about.
Where we can quickly
find some peace
whenever we go out.
A path with no cause
to make us worry
about who we might see.
With no care for
where we are going
or how we need to be.
Round Pond
Blackflies swarmed about my head,
deerflies attacked my gait,
and somewhere in the tallgrass
ticks lied about in wait.
Fauna and fern crowded in,
pushing ivy about the path,
and when a bundle brushed my leg,
I feared it might bring nature’s wrath.
It was the kind of day that feels
like a sweltering city night
when the AC’s freon blows out
and sweat begins to blur your sight.