Two weekends ago marked two major milestone for us. The first, it was the end of our second trimester, Ally and Baby are headed into the home stretch. Secondly, we hiked the last two mountains of the Presidential Range, Mt. Jackson and Mt. Webster. It was a six and a half mile trip over the two summits on a HOT summer day, but we all made it safely.
Ally and Rusty enjoying the view down into Crawford Notch at the start of our hike
We got a late start because I was up till 1:00 shooting a wedding so our 6:00 wake-up call got pushed back closer to 8:00. We stopped for lunch along a river on the way up but finally made it to the trailhead around 12:30. After a couple of hours of hiking we were standing at 4,052 feet on top of Mt. Jackson. The sun was hot but there was a cool breeze coming over the summit.
Ally and Rusty happy to be resting on the summit of Mt. Jackson after a 2 hour hike on a 80+ degree day
The obligatory belly shot standing on the summit of Jackson, the Presidential Range in the background
After a short break and a lunch time snack for Rusty we were back on the trail over to Mt. Webster, it was a relatively easy hike, mostly flat and uneventful, but the heat and humidity made it less fun. Thankfully though, there were no bugs!
Rusty finding some shade
After about an hour of hiking we made it to the summit of Mt. Webster, the smallest of the Presidential’s at 3,911 feet. A quick photo and we were anxious to get back for some ice cream!
Summit photo on the last of the Presidential Mountain Range, Mt. Webster
View from the summit of Webster of the entire Presidential Range
The trail down was fairly easy, Rusty knew where we were headed (ice cream) but still took the time to enjoy a nice swim before we got back to the car.
Rusty cooling off after a long hike on a hot day
That concludes our hikes of the Presidential Mountain Range, over 9 major summits, 4 seasons in the Whites, countless miles and on top of all that, Ally did 5 of them while she was pregnant. A definite accomplishment to say the least.
That should be the end of our hiking adventures for a while, at least big mountains (maybe one more). But there are still lots of trails and mountains to climb and we plan on bringing baby along as soon as we can. Other than that, Ally is doing great, she is still active (obviously) and feeling well, we are starting to get the house ready for our new addition. Shopping is a nightmare, but we’ll find a way through it.
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great pictures , that is a lot of mountain hiking for a pregnant woman ! I don’t know where you get all that energy most women seven months pregnant can hardly move just going to work can be a hassle with the extra weight of the baby .. you are wonderful to be able to keep so active … I am glad to hear you are going to be taking it easy for the next two months … or you might have the baby on top of these mountains ha ha then we will be naming it the mountain baby ,