Vacation (Day Nine) The Nubble

    Today I let Jaime sleep in a little, until 9:30, whereas we’ve been getting up around 8:00 lately. We hit the trail for The Nubble around 11:00. We first did it last year with my parents and Jaime loved it and requested a return trip this year. The dirt road out to the unofficial trailhead was actually better than some paved roads we’ve been on, no washed out spots whatsoever.

    The hike out was nice, the stream was low so the crossings were easy. We picked up a branch along the way and made a couple walking sticks out of it, it helped Jaime a bit, especially on the wet spots. There were quite a few wet areas despite not having any rain lately.

    The weather was absolutely perfect, not a cloud in the sky, sunny but not hot, a small breeze but no strong wind. The 360 degree views were amazing, no haze at all so we had perfect views of the presidential range, Garfield and Lafayette. The rock scrambling at the top didn’t seem as scary this time since we’d done it before but those ledges are still quite steep.

    From the top we could hear the brook below and thought it sounded like there could be some cascades not too far away. So on the way down I explored the brook a little, going upstream a few hundred feet but there was nothing impressive, just some bare ledges that would probably be nice in times of high water but someday I’ll explore a little more, I bet there’s something worthwhile further upstream once the terrain begins getting steeper.

    We stopped at The Basin for bologna sandwiches for lunch and then hit the trail so Jaime could make it to the cascades on Whitehouse Brook, but after walking down The Basin a ways, neither of us were really feeling it and decided not to do it today. We drove by a trailer we saw online for only $27,000 but its in a small crappy trailer park where the trailers are too close together and have no yards and a gravel road, it was a true trailer park so despite the great price, we can’t do it. It looks like maybe a condo is the way to go. Then we went to pick up some food and the ice cream place was open again! So we got burgers from Enzo’s Pizza and a cotton candy ice cream with sprinkles for me. It was delicious. The burgers were really good too, as were the broccoli and cheddar bites and Enzo’s has a salad bar so we’ll have to eat there sometime. This place is feeling more like home everyday which kind of sucks because it isn’t home.