The Binker Files: Rumford Whitecap Mountain

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Actual happiness looks pretty squalid in comparison with the overcompensations for misery. And, of course, stability isn’t nearly so spectacular as instability. And being contented has none of the glamour of a good fight against misfortune, none of the picturesqueness of a struggle with temptation, or a fatal overthrow by passion or doubt. Happiness is never grand. - Aldous Huxley, Brave New World
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"Must we always teach our children with books? Let them look at the stars and the mountains above. Let them look at the waters and the trees and flowers on Earth. Then they will begin to think, and to think is the beginning of a real education." -David Polis
"Above all, do not lose your desire to walk: every day I walk myself into a state of well-being and walk away from every illness; I have walked myself into my best thoughts, and I know of no thought so burdensome that one cannot walk away from it... but by sitting still, and the more one sits still, the closer one becomes to feeling ill... Thus if one just keeps walking, everything will be all right." -Soren Kierckgaard
Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower. - Albert Camus
How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives. Annie Dillard

August 28, 2013

Rumford Whitecap Mountain

We found a fantastic new hike - Rumford Whitecap Mountain Preserve.

Beautiful 360 degree views including Mt. Abram, Black Mountain and Sunday River.

Levi, as usual, hiked and ran the whole way barefoot, he is a little mountain goat.

An added treat was the berries - the mountain is covered with blueberry and huckleberry bushes and even some cranberries were ripe, we picked enough for pancakes, muffins and two blueberry cakes!