Adventures of a teenage nomad

What a day! Spent the morning with mom- I got a sweet day bag that fits in a poach, and sweat/jammy pants, and quality time! awww!

THEN went hiking with dad! We went up near Squam lakes in the Sandwich region (pity we didn't bring any sandwiches!!!) in NH. The weather was perfect, a little chilly on the ground but once u started moving it got pretty hot fast!

this is me at the trail head- PRE sweat. Trail was well groomed! We hiked 2 mountains, percival and morgan, per. had a better 360 view, but morgan had better lake view. Bother were nice- although getting up per. was a bit steep.

This is a cool fungus/mushroom thing. I really don't know what it is, but it was about the size of a large dinner plate. Kind of looks like a rose... anyway....

THE CAVES!! these were pretty sweet! Took me a bit to find the first one, i probably should have seen the arrows, but thats ok! dad got a good laugh out of it! Check out the boulders all around- crazy, right?

Note to self, next time i'm doing this, put stuff closer to the entrance!! again.. dad laughs...

Ya! we made it! I always get hyper when we reach the top! sweet!

I forget which one this was!

Dad and i! awww... And sweet view!

And as for the climb down- It wasn't that hard, just a bit scary- the ladders freaked me out a bit, but weren't that bad.

Sorry for the butt shot, but yes, it really was that steep! kind of fun though!

So we survived, so thats good...

After we went to the common man restaurant- it was adorable!

I ate so much- I mean, i really pigged out, i had a cuppa melon tea (i must find more of that, its REALLY good!) to drink, and we had crackers and dip and cheese to munch on until our food came. To start i had a salad with blue cheese, and an appetizer was ravioli stuffed with creamy goat cheese, and fresh relish with sundried tomatoes on top. As my entree, i had rainbow trout topped with sunflower and fennel seeds, a "medly" of veggies, and really spicy mashed potatoes... mmm! the trout was really good but the skin on the bottom grossed me out a bit, i tried to eat some, but i don't think its very edible. Dad had steak tips, i tried some (gasp! its ok- i've been starting to eat meat so i'm not a picky eater when i travel) but was thankful i was eating what i was eating!

and then my favorite part- dessert: 2 creme brulees mmm! one was traditional with a little cookie sticking out of it, while the other was white chocolate raspberry! omg! to die for! dad liked the traditional one so i scarfed the raz! delicious!

wow- 3 more days! am i ready? heck no!
SO MUCH TO DO!
~MARYme