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MOUNTS LIBERTY AND FLUME
the snow-covered peaks of
Little Haystack and Lincoln
were glistening in all their
glory. And even though the
summit of Lafayette was in
the clouds, a large portion of
this magnificent mountain
was still quite visible and it
was gleaming!
Although I don’t know this
for a fact, the views from this
ledge might be similar to the
northerly views that were
once available from the top of
Mt. Pemigewasset before
those views “grew in”.
At some point, I’m looking
forward to returning to this
spot when I’m able to safely
explore the entire ledge
(maybe in the summer
months, or perhaps later in
the winter, but equipped with
crampons).
A Side-Trip Journey to Mt.
Pemigewasset:
Although many readers are
probably familiar with this
2,557 foot mountain located at
the south end of the Franconia
Notch opposite the Flume Visitor Center, here’s just a bit of
background information. Mt.
Pemigewasset was likely
given its name because of its
proximity to the nearby river
that is also named Pemigewasset (derived from an
Abenaki Indian word for “swift
current”). This mountain is also
known as “Indian Head”
because of the profile that’s
visible on its south cliff (best
viewed from a location on the
Indian Head Resort on Route 3
in Lincoln). It is a popular hiking destination and can be
easily be reached by either the
Indian Head Trail, or the more
heavily-used Mt. Pemigewasset Trail, which is what I used
for my side-trip journey.
After exploring my little spot
in the woods I bushwhacked
back to the Mt. Pemigewasset Trail. Since I still had plenty of time left over to roam, I
decided to make a side-trip to
– John Compton
the summit of Mt. Pemigewasset via the regular hiking trail. And
although it was an easy bushwhack to and from the “Pemi-geewhats-it” ledge area, it was nice to be back on a real trail since I
could then be on “auto-pilot” for the remainder of the day.
Upon my arrival at the summit of Mt. Pemigewasset, the sky
was partially overcast. And as a result, the views were rather
dark and gray, but at least there were views! I’m always thankful
for that!
For a very modest investment of time and effort, this mountain
provides several views that I find particularly nice. One is the
view looking southeasterly down Scar Ridge toward the Osceolas. And another nice one is the northwesterly up-close view
toward the Kinsman Ridge.
But my very favorite is the very impressive easterly view of Mt.
Liberty in the foreground superimposed on slide-streaked Mt.
Flume in the background. And on this particular hike, while on
my way back to the trailhead, I was rewarded for a second time
with this same magnificent view of Liberty and Flume. But this
time, the view was from a lower (slightly off-trail) vantage point,
and it was just about at dusk. It was truly a stunning sight to see
the reddish-orange colors of the setting sun reflecting off the
snow-covered mountaintops. What a great ending to another
glorious day in the woods!
BOTTOM LINE TO ALL THIS:
My bushwhack to a place I named “Pemi-gee-whats-it” provided a truly unique view looking northward up the Franconia
Notch. And, it was gratifying to think that this might be a view
similar to what was once available from Mt. Pemigewasset
before the northern view from there “grew in”. It was also nice to
have time left over to do a side-trip to Mt. Pemigewasset and to
enjoy the traditionally fine views that are available from this
mountain. Plus, on my way back to the trailhead, it was a total
surprise to witness a stunning “bonus view” of the mountains as
they were bathed in reddish-orange colors at dusk.
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COMICS, PUZZLES & DIVERSIONS
ACROSS
1 Strikebreaker
5 Suffix with spat
8 Salon supply
11 Research site
14 Blind as 18 - Romeo
19 Word with pack or rug
20 Generation
21 Air-quality org.
22 Pedestal part
23 Fishy actress?
26 Dignified
28 "- Gay"
29 Jannings or Gilels
30 "- Man" ('78 song)
31 - kwon do
32 Quiche ingredient
34 Fishy outlaw?
38 Bucolic
43 James of "Brian's Song"
44 Jacob's twin
45 A mean Amin
46 "Nabucco" number
48 Neighbor of Niger
50 Alcove
54 Fishy film?
58 Future
61 Submarine finder
62 - Tse-tung
63 Lurid Lugosi
64 Chest protector
65 Funt apparatus
68 Supreme leader?
71 Parka part
72 Southern constellation
73 Fishy physician?
78 Use a phaser
81 Letter from Athens
82 "Mein -" ("Cabaret" tune)
83 C&W's Tubb
86 Seville shout
87 Whirl
88 Actor Tognazzi
90 Cairo creed
92 Collegiate sport
94 Fishy TV show?
98 Crooked
99 French couturier
16 Dwight's competition
17 Fiddled (with)
24 Desdemona's enemy
25 Loon lips
27 '82 Toto hit
30 Sociable starling
33 Alum
35 Shoestring
36 Bolger/Haley co-star
37 Throw in the towel
38 Prepares cherries
39 - committee
40 Tuscan town
41 Pound sound
42 Neeson or O'Flaherty
47 Video game company
49 Exclude
51 Arnaz's country
52 It grows on you
53 Napoleonic site
55 Sleep in the woods
56 Hurler Hershiser
57 Booze
59 Brink
60 Glue guy
66 Runs around in circles?
67 Grate stuff
69 Vane dir.
70 Emulate Roy Clark
74 Like many bathrooms
75 Coaxed
76 "I'm working -"
77 Nuthatch's home
78 "Nana" author
79 "Oh, woe!"
80 Act like a chicken
84 Winter mess
85 Ballroom dance
87 Lake sight
89 Birdsong of basketball
91 Lauer or LeBlanc
101 Dashboard feature
102 Cpl.'s superior
103 Border on
106 Bucket
108 Photo
111 Fishy writer?
116 Squirrel's snack
117 Author LeShan
118 Bell town
119 Pinza or Chaliapin
122 School tool
126 Chunky pasta
128 Fishy novel?
131 Nixon or Johnson
132 "Foucault's Pendulum"
author
133 Chicken - king
134 Cow's comment
135 Unusual
136 Common Market currency
137 DC figure
138 Palindromic diarist
139 Woolly one
140 Part of Micronesia
DOWN
1 Close as can be
2 Family
3 "The Mod Squad" hairdo
4 "Petrouchka," for one
5 Decorative vase
6 Like some excuses
7 Mighty mite
8 Medicinal plant
9 Self-esteem
10 Singer Dickey
11 Paul of "American Graffiti"
12 Cochise or Geronimo
13 Washes
14 Fuss and feathers
15 Swahili, e.g.
113 Light beer
114 Alliance
115 Put away a pickle
120 Any
121 Chilly powder?
123 Inventive sort?
124 Neutral tone
125 Stink
127 Mil. address
128 Critic's god?
129 President Bush was one
130 "The Gold Bug" author
93 Paper quantity
94 Actor Beery
95 Like a desert
96 Solo of "Star Wars"
97 King of comedy
100 - facto
104 Opens
105 Daze
107 Tripoli native
109 Knitting stitch
110 Little mouse?
111 Sock a shuttlecock
112 "Farewell!"
All Solutions on page 21
STRANGE BUT TRUE
By Samantha Weaver
• It was American humorist,
satirist, lecturer and author
Samuel Langhorne Clemens -better known today as Mark
Twain -- who made the following
sage observation: "In certain trying circumstances, urgent circumstances, desperate circumstances, profanity furnishes a
relief denied often to prayer."
• If you're planning a trip to
North Carolina in June, try to
make it to the small town of
Spivey's Corner for the annual
Hollerin' Contest. If you'd like to
participate but are worried about
straining your vocal cords, you
can always enter the conch-blowing contest instead of one that
involves actual yelling.
• Woody Allen is multitalented: He is a director, an author, a
comedian, a playwright and an
actor. In light of his successful careers, some
might be surprised to
learn that in college he
received an F in English
and a C in film production,
then flunked out of New York
University for poor attendance.
• On the Pacific Island of Fiji,
tattoos are considered to be
beautiful enhancements to the
body, and a traditional bride is
expected to get tattooed before
the wedding ceremony takes
place.
• If you're like the average
American, your Thanksgiving
meal contains a whopping 3,000 calories. If you were to try
to walk that off, you'd have to trek a total of 30 miles
before you were finished.
1. LANGUAGE: What is a diacritical mark?
2. ANIMAL KINGDOM: What kind of creature is an ocelot?
3. AD SLOGANS: What soft drink was
• You probably won't be surprised to learn that the
word "surreptitious" comes from the Latin words
meaning "snatch secretly."
• If you're a parent, you probably already know this: A recent poll
shows that the favorite food of kids between the ages of 3 and 11,
regardless of whether it's for lunch or dinner, is pizza.
•••
Thought for the Day: "Politics is not the art of the possible. It consists
in choosing between the disastrous and the unpalatable." -- John Kenneth Galbraith
known in the 1970s as "The Uncola"?
4. TRANSPORTATION: What kind of ship
is a dhow?
5. GEOGRAPHY: Where was the ancient
kingdom of Northumbria located?
6. FASHION: What is a glengarry?
7. RELIGION: Who was John the Baptist's father?
8. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: Who was the first American-born citizen to
be canonized by the Catholic Church?
9. LITERATURE: Who is the author of "Le Morte D'Arthur"?
10. TELEVISION: Who played the character of "Captain Kangaroo" in the
(c) 2008 King Features Synd., Inc.
TV series?
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BE THANKFUL FOR SMALL FAVORS
By Steve Becker
Assume you're East and
your partner leads the ten of
hearts against three notrump.
Declarer covers with the jack,
and you realize it would make
no sense to play your king
because declarer, who certainly has the ace, would
thereby acquire an additional
entry card to dummy's diamonds.
After the jack holds, South
plays a club to the ace, leads
the jack of diamonds and
finesses. Again you duck,
since your only hope of
defeating the contract lies in
preventing declarer from utilizing dummy's long suit. He
thereupon leads another diamond to the queen, but this
time you take the trick and
shift to the queen of spades.
As a result of your holding
up the king of hearts at trick
one and the king of diamonds
at trick three, South eventually goes down, and you have a
right to congratulate yourself
on your brilliant defense. At
the same time, your ebullience is tempered by the
realization that you were pretty lucky to defeat the contract, since if declarer had
played correctly, nothing
could have stopped him from
making five notrump!
All he had to do to ensure
success was to play the four
of hearts from dummy at trick
one instead of the jack. After
taking the ten with the ace, he
leads the jack of diamonds
and finesses. When the jack
wins, he repeats the finesse.
You take the king and
return a spade or a club.
South wins and leads a heart
to dummy's Q-J, establishing
an entry to dummy that
enables him to score five diamond tricks as well as two
tricks in each of the other
three suits.
Thus, if declarer stops to
think things over before making his first play at trick one,
he's sure to wind up a winner
regardless of how good a
defender you are.
(c) 2007 King Features Synd., Inc.
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COMICS, PUZZLES & DIVERSIONS
TRIVIA ANSWERS
1. A mark added to a letter that
indicates a different pronunciation
2. Wildcat
3. 7-Up
4. Traditional Arabic sailing vessel
5. Northeast England, southern
Scotland
6. Woolen cap of Scottish origin
7. Zacharias
8. Elizabeth Ann Seton
9. Sir Thomas Malory
10. Bob Keeshan
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