Lunches for an Outing: Mount Abraham (Long Trail) - 6.27.14

For our second hike of the summer, the kids and I decided to hike Mount Abraham, which is the shortest of the five over 4000' mountains in Vermont.  We would love to do all five of them at some point.  This one was a good start, for sure.  It was a rather strenuous hike, with some really fun scrambles.  The path was muddy in parts, due to a little brook that ran through the area, crossing the path at times.

A panorama of the top

The peak was at 4006', and the hike was a 2200' gain in elevation, and 5.7 miles, round trip.  There were times when the kids and I thought we should rename the mountain Mount Muddy Stumbles... there were a few tree roots and rocks that tripped us up.

We made it to the top, though, and the view was totally outstanding.  There is another trail that leads up from the other side, and we would love to try that some time.

A couple of friends joined us for part of the hike, so I made five lunches for the day, in our Easylunchboxes.

The Boy had a sandwich with hummus, lettuce, smoked turkey, and cheese, some trail mix, candy coated sunflower seeds, strawberries, grapes, and apple slices.

The Girl had a sandwich with hummus, lettuce, smoked turkey, and cheese, trail mix, candy coated sunflower seeds, a white apricot, grapes, and apple slices.

For the grown ups, I packed sandwiches with leftover curry chicken, hummus, lettuce, and cheese, a white apricot, trail mix, candy coated sunflower seeds, grapes, and apple slices.

I can't wait to get to our next hike - after the Fourth!  Happy Summer to everyone!