Breaking from Digital Technology in the Green Mountains, VT
I just returned from a three-day camping and hiking trip in the Green Mountain National Forest with some friends up from D.C. last week. We stayed at the Chittenden Brook campsite (pictured above). The site was unbelieveably well kept, nice and clean with lots of room between campsites. It was the nicest campsite and hiking that I have ever experienced. The weather was also amazingly beautiful and only rained briefly Thursday evening. We bought a 20 foot tarp that we strung from the trees that protected our cooking and picnic area (pictured below).
I found the site with help from my Foghorn Outdoors New England Camping book. We also stopped at the Ranger Station in Rutland, where we got some advice about Chittenden Brook and that it would be nicer to stay at than Moosalamoo, which was our second choice.
On Friday, we took a trip up Mt. Horrid to check out the Great Cliff (pictured below).
A short hike, just 1.2 miles round trip along the Long Trail North, the view was spectacular. While we had a snack on the cliff we saw a peregrine falcon hovering below us. Truly beautiful.
As we drove out of the forest along Rt. 100, we stopped at Moss Glenn Falls (pictured above) in the early evening to take a look and snap a few photos.
The trip was amazing. It was much needed rest after Wikimania and the Citizen Journalism Unconference last week. It was also a nice break from digital technology.
Only a few hours from Boston, I’m looking forward to going back to the Green Mountain National Forest to camp, hike and explore some more.
