Saturday May 19th

 This weekend I hiked the Tripyramids( Middle 4,140ft  and North Peak 4,180ft ) with another on-line hiking group that I joined. This group is called Random Group of hikers. I heard about them from people who were in my group last weekend ( Ted and Badri). I picked up Badri at her hotel in North Conway. It was nice to see a friendly face and she is a good hiker having done the Adirondack 46 over that past 2 years.  Our leaders for this trip were Michael and Monica, who were very friendly, had a great sense of humor and were super organized. They kept everyone safe, together and entertained.  It was a group of 13 of us and we got out to a bit of a late start at 9am considering we had that many of us to get up and down the 2 peaks and a total of 11.4 miles. We headed onto Sabbaday Brook trail off the Kancamagus Highway. This is a lovely picnic area with a beautiful waterfall and cliff at the start of the trail. We had 4 challenging river crossings to manuever over. One of which required taking the hiking boots off and wading through knee deep frigid water. We all managed to stay dry and made it across without incident. The climb was fairly easy until we got to the last mile before the trail junction, then it was straight up. I had the chance to talk to everyone on the hike and met some great people. They were nice enough not to tease me too much when I had a senior moment during the hike... I had put my phone in my pack at one of the river crossings and then later in the day I was searching my whole pack inside and out for it and couldn't find it anywhere... I told everyone I lost my phone and to keep an eye out for it on the way back. When we got to the top... I heard this beep and looked in my short's pocket to find...my phone! I'm going to blame this forgetful moment on the heat vs my age. It was a very hot day for hiking compared to what I've had so far, starting out at 70 degrees and 85 degrees by the time we finished. The frigid river water felt mighty great on my feet on the return trip. I would like to dedicate Middle Tripyramid to Ron Gossman who was a Vietnam war veteran and worked for the Tranportation Dept for the City of Boston. And I would like to dedicate North Tripyramid to John Marso who was an avid baseball player who passed away in 2006.