52 With A View: Sugarloaf (Stratford ) 2

Thursday, June 30, 2022 - This is a map of the New Hampshire "52 With A View":

It turns out that I have climbed 17 of them so far.

I have no plans for today, so after my Breakfast-in-Boston I'm going to tackle Sugarloaf (Stratford) - the northernmost mountain I have not climbed. a pretty-straightforward up-and-down hike. 4.13 miles in 2 hours 6 minutes:

Lovely drive up through Franconia Notch at 11:05:

An hour later (on Route 3) I see North Percy Peak (on the left) and South Percy Peak (on the right):

North Percy Peak is one of the 52-With-A-View, so "another peak for another day".

The last 8 miles to today's Trailhead are on Nash Stream Road which runs right along Nash Stream. I was able to pull-over and walk over to the stream:

Good driving-time for a mountain that is so far away - at the Trailhead at 12:41 PM

Pretty walking through the woods:

10 minutes from the Summit, I'm hiking along a really nice "high altitude" trail:

This was about where a guy passed me, heading downhill. I caught up with him back down at the Trailhead - only person I saw all day.

The Summit at 2 PM:

Back down on a beautiful trail:

Just 5 minutes from the bottom I twas alongside a babbling brook/waterfall:

I was nicely banging out 20-minute-miles coming down, so back to my car at 2:47, and homeward bound! Thank You God for this wonderful "52 With A View" Day!

For my listening pleasure today:

The Hooters - Nervous Night, 1985

The Hooters were a good band from Philadelphia (mid-1980's, after my time there), and had great local support: 26 million entries in radio station WMMR's contest to win a Hooters show at a local high school! Nervous Night sold over 2 million copies in the US, and the band was named by Rolling Stone as the Best New Band of the Year for 1986. I really only like the first song ("And We Danced"), which is on The '80s: The Box Set Series (4 cds), so I'm deleting the album from my iPod.

Frank Sinatra - Songs For Young Lovers, February 1954

Frank Sinatra - Swing Easy!, August 1954

I like the swinging aspect of the 2nd album much better than the 1st, but I'll be keeping both for now.

Frank Turner - Poetry Of The Deed, 2009 3rd album

I wanted to delete this, but there are too many good songs.

Dispatch - Silent Steeples, 1996

No music on my hike.

Driving Home:

Gil Scott-Heron - I'm New Here, 2010 15th and final album

Drive-By Truckers - Ugly Buildings, Whores And Politicians - Greatest Hits 1998 - 2009, 2011

Dave Matthews Band - Live At Wrigley Field (2 cds), 2011

After listening to this, I deleted it - a fine album, but how many live Dave Matthews Band albums do you need? I have:

Live At Red Rocks 8.15.95 (2 cds) (released 1997),
Listener Supported (2 cds) (released 1999),
Live In Chicago 12.19.98 At The United Center (2 cds) (released 2001),
Live At Folsom Field, Boulder, Colorado (2 cds) (released 2002),
The Central Park Concert (3 cds) (released 2003),
The Gorge (2 cds) (released 2004),
Weekend On The Rocks [Live] (2 cds) (released 2005),
Live At Piedmont Park (released 2007),
Live At Mile High Music Festival (3 cds) (released 2008),
Live In New York City (2 cds) DMB (released 2010), and
7/8/2006: Fenway Park, Boston, MA (4 cds) (released 2006)

Gee, maybe I can thin out some more ...

Counting Crows - Hard Candy, 2002

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