08.14.05 Days Gone By

Okay, I wasn't sure what I was going to post today. My first idea was to talk about this great little japanese maple tree that I planted 2 years ago that has survived 2 winters and is now about a foot tall. Last night, the deer ate all of the leaves off it! I was pissed. But, while looking for pictures that I had of it, I came across these old pictures I had of a bike trip I had taken back around 1980 with my buddy Henry.
This top picture is of us on top of Mount Mansfield in Vermont (the highest peak in VT). We snuck our Ross mountain bikes past the gate at the bottom, then rode up to the top. Once we got there, a ranger came over and yelled at us, so we took off down the mountain, riding the ski trails. The second picture was taken on top of Mount Washington, NH, the highest peak in the northeast (6233 ft) and the place on earth where the highest wind speed was ever recorded. You used to be able to bike up it anytime, now I think they only open it a few times a year. The last picture is one of me taken of me in the Adirondacks (somewhere). I took a couple of great vacations with Henry. We rode from northern NJ to Lake Placid NY one year and to Ithaca NY another year. He lives out in Oregon and I don't see him too often, but we still keep in touch. I miss Hank, he's was a great traveling buddy!