A Family Adventure


in the mountains, ocean, and air

During preparation to fly to Utah for a backpacking trip through the Happy Canyon Narrows, the weather was looking like it might be a challenge. The plan was for me to use some vacation time to fly the airplane to Salt Lake City while Emilie and Isaac would fly out by airline so that we […]

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New snow for Crescent Ridge

March 23, 2024
Emilie Phillips

The week we returned from skiing in Colorado, it rained, turned warm, and rained more. The pathetic New Hampshire winter was over. Everything below 2,000′ was brown. Rather than desperately scraping my skis on remnants of brown snow, I contented myself with having ended the season with the great skiing in Colorado. And then, winter […]

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Leaving Fowler-Hilliard

March 1, 2024
Emilie Phillips

All good vacations come to an end. Friday we had to leave. First, we enjoyed another breakfast in the company of the other skiers. There was a new pair the previous night. We got to chatting with one of them. She had booked the hut last minute because the winds were too high to fly […]

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Eclipse 2024

April 8, 2024
Emilie Phillips

We saw the total solar eclipse. We figured we would wait until the week of to see where the weather was good. Anywhere from the Adirondacks to the Maine woods is within a two hour flight. In some ways that was good. New York ended up cloudy. However, we got surprised that many airports within […]

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We like sea kayaking in big waves, landing our airplanes off-airport, skiing in the wilderness, and more. Check back next week to hear about our family’s latest adventure.

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