This year, Rebecca took the bigs on the traditional Owl's Head Mountain hike. The littles were too big for me to carry and we were confident that they would not have done well, so I decided to stay back with them and go fishing.
The three adventurers were full of energy and raring to go!
And go they did! They made it up in a couple of hours, had lunch, and hung out at the top for a while.
Mama even got some time to relax.
Of course, there was the obligatory climb to the top of the fire tower...
And the view of Lake Eaton from there...
It was a warm day and the kids were happy to jump in the lake while waiting for their ride to come get them.
We also found something new this year. There's something called the Tupper Lake Triad, which is a challenge to climb 3 peaks around Tupper Lake. We did all three in one day!
First we did Coney Mountain, which was a fairly short 1.1 mile hike to the top.
Then we moved closer to Tupper Lake and did Goodman Mountain. It was a little longer at 1.7 miles, but still not too bad, especially because the first half was on an old section of Route 9, the main road between Long Lake and Tupper Lake. When they rebuilt the road a few decades ago, they abandoned this one.
The last one was Mount Arab, on the north side of Tupper Lake. It was very short, but more of a vertical climb. I stayed down on this one because we were taking the opportunity to do laundry in Tupper and wanted to make sure it was done in time.
This one had a ranger cabin and fire tower at the top, similar to Owl's Head, so they got some great views of Tupper Lake and the surrounding area.
The kids all did a great job keeping positive attitudes and walking the whole way on their own! Next time we go up, we will definitely have to do these peaks again!
