Some early autumnal goal setting...

The air is getting colder, school is back in full force, the leaves are changing, and I've been doing some reflecting on the year so far. I'm very close to achieving my main goal of this blog, which was to document my hikes in 2022, which includes a backlog of hikes hiked previously in the year before starting. Now that I'm back in school, I've been able to hop back on that task and have just a few more to add to the backlog until that end is complete. After I accomplish that, I think I want to change the [BACKLOG] posts to posts from the [VAULT]. Specifically, I will keep going back, but focusing on bigger hikes, like the NH48, 52WAV, and a few of the NJAT, for starters. (Afterwards, Catskills, Acadia, Smokies... pretty much most except for the smaller local ones (Tourne/Blue Hills). 

I've been finding it very fun to write these posts, even some of the more mundane ones. Its a great way to relive my hike, and I find myself paying closer attention than I used to. Sometimes I will take notes on my phone on the trail, and I try to always write some notes down in a notebook before I leave the trailhead at the end of the day. Then, I'll sit or lay down with the notebook, the photos, and see what comes out!

Looking further forward, I would love to keep this blog going long-term and eventually have a long collection of stories from my adventures. Here's to seeing what happens next!

Specific "Vault" Hikes:

NH48: Hale-Zealand-Bonds Traverse (9/25/2021), Mt. Tecumseh (6/16/2021), Osceolas (9/19/2020), Mt. Moosilauke (9/6/2020).

52WAV: Black Mountain (10/24/2021), Blueberry Mountain (10/24/2021), Crawford/Resoluation/Stairs (10/9/2021), North/Middle Sugarloaf (9/16/2021), Mt. Willard (8/30/2021), Magalloway Mountain (8/28/2021), Potash Mountain (8/17/2021), Sandwich & Jennings (8/17/2021), Welch-Dickey (6/16/2021), Mt. Pemigewasset (5/24/2020), Mt. Monadnock (Multiple)

NJAT: Barrett Road to Piniwheel Vista (6/14/2016), Pochuck Boardwalks to Pinwheel Vista (6/7/2014), Sunrise Mountain to Stony Brook Trail (7/29/2020), Blue Mountain Lake Road to Catfish Firetower (6/9/2016)