tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6948411834442673072.post6607307953637659780..comments2023-04-03T10:58:45.026-04:00Comments on Alex in the White Mountains: Hut Stay--Wildcats and Carters, 6/20/2016 and 6/21/2016Patricia Ellis Herr, Alexandra Herr, and Sage Herrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03077445974909636411noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6948411834442673072.post-33113942795210961142016-06-27T16:29:03.627-04:002016-06-27T16:29:03.627-04:00Hi Sally, this is Trish (Alex is away at camp for ...Hi Sally, this is Trish (Alex is away at camp for the next three weeks). The grouse we see on the trail are defending nearby nests. The purposefully step in front of a hiker (and, in some more aggressive cases, fly at hikers) to distract the hiker away from the nest. Patricia Ellis Herr, Alexandra Herr, and Sage Herrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03077445974909636411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6948411834442673072.post-86242570774865623652016-06-25T22:40:21.893-04:002016-06-25T22:40:21.893-04:00As I wrote on your mother's FB pic, Guthook, w...As I wrote on your mother's FB pic, Guthook, who writes smartphone apps for through hikers, once calculated that the steepest half mile on the Appalachian Trail is in between Pinkham Notch and Wildcat E.Cumulushttp://www.cookhimes.us/dennis.htmnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6948411834442673072.post-67482865572698291622016-06-24T17:38:07.707-04:002016-06-24T17:38:07.707-04:00There is a grouse that begs for food from a man wh...There is a grouse that begs for food from a man who lives near by the Campton PO. It may be that grouse has been fed and was interested in seeing if you were going to feed it.?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05613224311614766849noreply@blogger.com