While enjoying the view from Mt Jackson,
we meet some of the group (Bob Spiller, Rob and Meg McCracken) that
have hiked the shorter Crawford Path,
dropped their packs at the hut and hiked back along the ridge to Mt
Jackson.
Most of the day it has been partly
cloudy with Mt Washington lost in the clouds but on the hike down from
Mt Jackson the clouds lift for awhile and we get a nice view of Mt
Washington (with the antennas on the top) and even see the smoke of the
cog railway engine as it climbs the ridge left of the peak.
After we arrive at the hut the sun comes out and we enjoy sitting on
the rocks, reading, checking our feet for blisters and drying our socks
in the sun.
Several areas near the hut are covered
by lovely yellow & orange blossoms that none of us remember from
previous visits. The hut crew tell us that they are Canadian
Hawkweed (aka Devil's Paintbrush).
After enjoying the wonderful dinner
prepared by the hut crew, we retire to our bunks, hoping that sleep
will come in spite of out aches.