North Conway

This past weekend Kylie and I took a trip to beautiful North Conway, NH with my girlfriend Gabby, to spend time up there at her vacation home. During the drive to North Conway we experienced some scattered showers, but that didn't ruin our fun. We knew that it was going to clear up for Saturday and Sunday. The trip took us roughly 2 hours after we departed from the University of New Hampshire. The drive was boring due to the road mainly being a two lane highway. Good thing we had music to listen to and gorgeous scenery to look at, event though I should have been paying more attention to road.

When we finally arrived to our destination Kylie could barely wait to get out of the car. She went crazy! Running around smelling everything, marking her territory, and frolicking in the woods surrounding Gabby's house. I could tell you everything we did up there, but that would take forever. I will share the hike we did on Saturday though.


We rose somewhat early on Saturday morning to get ready for our hike. We decided to hike up Black Cap Mountain. Thank God we didn't hike the whole thing or my back would have killed me. With that said, we drove up it a little bit and only hiked the smaller route. We still ended up hiking 5 miles which isn't bad.

Kylie could not have been more excited once we started hiking the trail. I could have left her off her leash, but she is a wild one and would have been running everywhere, so I decided to keep her on her leash. While we were hiking Kylie met some new friends who were just absolutely adorable!

It took us a little over an hour to get to summit of Black Cap Mountain. The view was absolutely amazing. At different vantage points you could look down and overlook the top of Cranmore ski resort. After seeing that, I was glad we didn't complete the whole hike! Kylie and Gabby got to stand on the very top of the summit, which I had to capture a picture of it.

Considering I haven't done any physical activities since mid-summer due to a back injury, this hike was wonderful and a little exhausted. We stayed on the summit and enjoyed some trail mix to gain some energy back and drank some water to re-hydrate. I had Kylie rest with me before we made our descent back.








I don't know what was harder the hike down or up? Probably because Kylie was on that leash and she just wanted to run down the trail to find more doggy friends. It did take us quicker to get down, but it was nice to finally get back to the car. My feet were a little sore and I just wanted to get back to the house to relax before we went out to dinner. As soon as we got back Kylie ate a big bowl of food and passed right out from exhaustion.



Overall, our adventure this past weekend was a well needed vacation away from everyone. North Conway was the perfect place to go at this time because it was in between tourist seasons.

Stay tuned in for next weeks adventure.