Morning Shopping and Mount Monadnock

The fourth day of the trip was filled with some shopping in Keene and a lovely hike on Mount Monadnock.

The beautiful stained glass window at the Keene Unitarian Universalist Church, where we stopped to check out a rummage sale.

The lovely stone facade of the Saint James Episcopal Church and the brick building next door covered in vines.

I caught this adorable little bee trying to break into a comb honey package at the farmers market.

Myself with Jenny, Jon, and Liz at the start of the Marlboro Trail.

We didn’t make it to the top of the mountain but the views were still lovely.

My siblings wanted to climb a little further and sat still and listen to the pine needles falling to the forest floor. It sounded just like gentle rain. 

Jon, Liz, and Jenny coming back down the mountain.

Myself and Jenny.

Beaver Brook Falls

The third and final hike of the day was at Beaver Brook Falls.

Mom and Liz walking side by side.

Beaver Brook Falls.

Jenny, Liz, and myself.

Mom and Jenny.

Myself, mom, and Jenny.

Jenny finding a geocache, a container hidden at a specific location that can be found with an app that provides clues and a GPS device. Most contain log books where you can write your name and the date you found it, but sometimes you find one with a little trinket inside. It is customary that you leave a trinket for the next person to find if you take the one from the container. In this particular container there was a log book and two small rubber duckies. Jenny gave me one of the rubber duckies and she left a small compass for the next person to find. 

Jenny frolicking.

Drummer Hill and Goose Pond

Our next adventure was a walk around Drummer Hill and Goose Pond.

The view from a lovely stone bridge right outside the park.

Myself and Jenny.

Mom on the trail.

Liz, Jenny, and Jon. 

Myself and mom.

Jon, Liz, and Jenny.

An adorable bee with wings glistening in the sun.

Mom enjoying the view. 

Jon and mom.

Chesterfield Gorge

After our morning walk around Keene we decided to explore the Chesterfield Gorge. 

Two trees with intertwined trunks. 

Jenny, Liz, and myself.

Jenny enjoying the view.

The moss actually resembled a carpet.

Myself with Liz, Jenny, and mom.

Mom. 

Mom, Jenny, and dad. 

Myself, mom, dad, and Jenny. 

Liz and mom. 

Myself, mom, Liz, and Jenny. 

Jenny, Jon, and Liz (with my dad on the top right).

Mom and dad.

In the back: Jenny and Jon.

In the front: dad, mom, and Liz.

Myself and Jenny. 

Mom and Dad.