This column has two of my hiking companions — one human and one a dog —that have since passed on. People move on and the mountains remain. Yet these two intrepid hikers will remain real to me until it's my turn to turn off the trail. Also the fascinating story of the landscape remains.
It was good to get out for a hike with old friends Bob Gordon and his dog Champney. We did the 9.3-mile loop hike up the Hale Brook Trail to Mount Hale, down the Lend-A-Hand Trail to the AMC Zealand Falls Hut, out the Zealand Trail to the Zealand Road, and a mile walk on the dirt road back to our car.
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