Brian McCarthy - The Osceolas

I've only communicated with Brian through the internet; Brian had purchased a copy of my Ebook, 'The White Mountain Chronicles', and we ended up emailing each other about trails and adventures in the White Mountains. Brian loves the mountains of New Hampshire and appreciates the special moments that a hiker can experience there. Brian sent me an email with a description of a weekend adventure that included camping at Hancock Campground on the Kancamagus Highway and climbing Osceola East Peak and Mt Osceola via the Greeley Ponds Trail.

It is a wonderful account, and it is a pleasure to include it on my website.

Read the story of Brian's October weekend in the White Mountains at the link below.

The Osceolas - October 2010

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Mt Garfield Dream

In the mid-1980s, Bob and I were once again off on a May adventure. In a solid rain, we hiked in on the Wilderness Trail, located off the Kancamaugus Highway in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, until we reached the Franconia Brook Trail, and then continued north to the 13 Falls Campsite. We made camp and hoped for good weather to ascend to the Garfield Ridge Trail, and later climb the cone of Mt Garfield until we reached the shelter at Garfield Spring. The weather did not cooperate; instead, it got worse. After two days at 13 Falls, we climbed Mt Garfield in a blizzard, a hike that had its own challenges. Read the story at the link below.


Mt Garfield Dream

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Red Flannel Hash

Red flannel hash, I made it for dinner tonight in Los Angeles. It was a cold and damp night in Southern California, and I was searching the cupboards for dinner fixings, something to make that was easy and hot, and perhaps a meal a little out of the ordinary that might surprise Shirley. When the idea came, the memories came as well, and I was transported back across the years to those times spent in New Hampshire.

I remember camping on the the Kancamaugus Highway in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, having corned beef hash for breakfast, and driving to Conway for Red Flannel Hash, or corned beef hash with sweet beets. And I remember Jim Olkovikas making Red Flannel Hash from scratch one night in the late 1980s.

Read the story by following the link below.

Red Flannel Hash

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