A Family Adventure


in the mountains, ocean, and air

Mount Eisenhower and Pierce

October 19, 2024
Emilie Phillips

The leaves have long since turned colors in the valleys and dropped on the slopes of the White Mountains. Last weekend, it snowed on the higher summits. Fall is marching on its inevitable path to winter. Except Saturday was sunny and almost 70F in the mountains. It made for good hiking weather when Benoît came […]

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Kinsman Falls

October 14, 2024
Emilie Phillips

Monday was undeniably not a soaring day. It poured rain overnight. Then drizzled all morning. The clouds choked every valley, and there was no hint of the mountain peaks. A good day for a hike. Oh, and the temperature was forecast to stay a clammy 45F all day long. We picked Basin Cascades and Kinsman […]

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17,500′ in a glider!

October 11, 2024
Emilie Phillips

Getting a gold altitude flight at Gorham wave camp turns out to be 70% prep work, 10% skill, and 20% luck. Tyson gets credit for a lot of the prep work, and yet he let me fly our glider on the first Friday of wave camp, which happened to be the day this year with […]

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Applesauce

October 5, 2024
Emilie Phillips

This weekend I was still recovering from being sick. I didn’t have any big plans. The next two weekends are booked. So it seemed like the right time to make my annual applesauce. The local farm store didn’t have much selection in B grade apples. Plenty of Cortlands and McIntosh’s which would have made an […]

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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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