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Southern NH tends to swing wildly from Trump thumping brodozers to more open-minded, liberal enclaves. As you might guess, we very much associate with the later party.
It depends on what you want to do, hike or look at things from a parking lot. Sounds like your family is fairly woods friendly. I would avoid driving to Rainier NP and say just driving up to paradise. It is always packed, and I mean fucking packed. And you get to see Mt Rainier from pretty much anywhere in the area. It is fucking big and always in view.
If you want to do some day hike there are a bounty of mind blowing options in the North Cascades of varying difficulty. Mt. Baker has some fairly easy short hikes where you not only get to see Mt Baker but a whole lot of the rest of the cascades plus some very cool local features like glaciers in a lake.
As far as the Olympic Peninsula is concerned there are some really cool beaches on the pacific coast surrounded by little islands and sea-stacks. Requires a short hike but it is worth it.
A side trip to Mt St Helens very much worth it.
Bring riding gear.
Edit: Few things sum up how awesome the North Cascades are than this statistic.
Most Dangerous National Parks in the U.S. | 2007-2024 Data Analysis
Find what national park ranks as the one where you are most likely to suffer a fatal accident and what accidents are the most common.
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Yeah, I apologize, I have a strong anti-NH bias and I'm honestly not certain why. It's like Vermont without the charm, trees, and with six times the people.
Teh Financée found out today that the OR Nurse Residency program she applied and interviewed for wants to move forward with hiring her. Leadership has to approve the new position, so it's not in the bag yet but we've got our fingers crossed. This would be huge for her, and us really. She would get away from bed side nursing which is wearing on her, she'd learn a bunch of cool new stuff, the experience would be really beneficial for us to move to the mountains and her getting a job at a smaller hospital, and she would get to keep her 3/13 schedule but would no longer have weekend requirements.
So yeah... stoked.
So yeah... stoked.
Fair. I'm biased against Connecticut. It's like it has a personality disorder, do i want to be New York, do I want to be Massachusetts, or do I want to be a private school?
I enjoy most of VT, just don't see how it would be possible to live anywhere outside of Brattleboro, Bennington, Rutland, Burlington, or Montpelier/Barre. Perhaps my expectations just need resetting to align with the simpler way of life. Fine place to visit though!
the entire population of NH is less than twice the population of my *county*
1. Toshi is a rower? I didn't know his leg:torso ratio allowed for that
2. Baller. I've been debating getting a Concept2, but they are fucking expensive.
And we definitely have rolled our ergs down to the dock before for practice. It's all about space when you want open air. But, yeah, that was totally marketing.
Even when you stand right smack dab square in the middle of it, the immensity of just what happened there is kind of beyond the human mind. Tying to imagine what those last couple of minutes for Truman or Johnston or any of the other unfortunate souls must have been like......oof. Its an amazing and sobering place. I also highly recommend it.
I have a rower. Not sure that I am a rower! The Concept2 is fine for what it is, but the overall experience is just so much less engaging than on the Peloton-tube, not to mention the community aspect of the team challenge and high fiving people on the list near you on populated live and otherwise rides.Toshi is a rower? I didn't know his leg:torso ratio allowed for that
Sounds like you would be closer to my trails?
Bedford, to be exact.Sounds like you would be closer to my trails?
Third the Mt St. Helens suggestion. Amazing place!
Even when you stand right smack dab square in the middle of it, the immensity of just what happened there is kind of beyond the human mind. Tying to imagine what those last couple of minutes for Truman or Johnston or any of the other unfortunate souls must have been like......oof. Its an amazing and sobering place. I also highly recommend it.
Depending on how far south you plan on venturing, I love, love, love Crater Lake NP.
Having worked in New Hampshire for 5 years (Jaffrey) and now do most of my shopping and random errands the past 3 years in the Nashua area, I can say with 100% certainty I'd much rather live in southern New Hampshire than anywhere within 10 or 15 miles of Boston. Hands down.
Seeing as though it is a National Monument and not a National Park, there are mountainbike trails on St. Helens. Fun but not amazing trails, but the point of riding them is being able to see a good chunk of the area that would normally take several days of hiking.
I am quite fucked in the head 
This is the last day my Foster Brother Franklins Restaurant is open. I am very saddened by this. He is a good egg. Family man. Fight Square will never be the same. Best Chopped Cheese sandwich outside of the Bronx....
You seem fine to me...I am quite fucked in the head
How can you beat free beef with the purchase of tires? They are also a huge sponsor of Warfighter Outfitters (GFF's side hussle).
Score. They had Covid 19 vaccination slots left over from groups one and two so they opened it up to group three and I got a slot. Get my shot on Sunday at 10:30 am
Did you have to swear allegiance to George Soros?
Happy birthday
Hell of a bday present.
Thanks guys. what started out as a hell day turned out well and then having the opportunity to get vaccinated sooner rather than later is awesome. With my age I am high risk, with my job highest risk, except for Scrublover but he has better PPE and know his patients have covid.
To top it off I ordered Chinese Takeout
To top it off I ordered Chinese Takeout
cheers @eric strt6!
I spy chocolate birthday cake
Happy Birthday @eric strt6 !
Wife ordered my XO1 derailleur for me yesterday for Xmas it turns out. Score.
Shop in tax free NH about 30min away has the XO1 crankset and cassette I want in stock at the store according to their site. Going to call in the AM to confirm and if they do may take older kid with me to get the rest of the build, sans pedals.
Shop in tax free NH about 30min away has the XO1 crankset and cassette I want in stock at the store according to their site. Going to call in the AM to confirm and if they do may take older kid with me to get the rest of the build, sans pedals.
HFB @eric strt6
fuck a fancy crankset. get an xt crankset and the pedals for the same price as an x01 crankset. i highly recommend rf atlas. have the oneups now but liked those better.
I hear birthday cake makes you bald.
hbd
hbd
If a Shimano product touched one of my bikes my head would explode.
Nothing related to quality or performance, strictly my OCD.