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My family (most of them, at least) came to visit me towards the end of summer of 2000 in Vermont. We did a lot of stuff, but the best picture-taking was up on Mount Mansfield, the tallest mountain in Vermont. This is a both a scenery and a family portrait gallery. All pictures are thumbnails. Click on them if you want to see a bigger and better picture, under 111k. |
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The journey started out with very interesting pictures of the clouds...
Just kidding, there were some interesting clouds with mountain peaks peeking through them, but it wasn't like that all the time. |
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In fact, it was just patchy fog, allowing us to hike most of the time with views like this one. | |
| It even got downright bright out. The most temperature-sensitive member of our party, my mom, said that it cooled off quite a bit near the top of the mountain. At the base, it was almost hot out, and the peak wasn't near as cold as we were expecting--even warmer than where we parked, 1/2 mile down from the top according to the Thermometer Mom. |
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We walked up to the top of Mount Mansfield for the fun of it, and found quite a few little mossy spots along the road, with trickles of water running down them. There were very few trickles large enough to be classified as waterfalls, but they were neat looking, nonetheless. | |
| With all the changes in weather on top of the mountain, you may think it's like Michigan here--if you don't like the weather, wait 5 minutes. |
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Despite the rugged conditions, we made it to see the top of the mountain. It would have been quite a climb to get to the tip (known as the "nose"), and I'm not sure it would have been a good idea anyways. We saw signs that warned of high concentrations of RF waves because of all the antennas around the mountain. Good place to broadcast from, I suppose. | |
| On the way home, we decided to take a major highway. This highway ended up becoming a single-laned road through a field of huge boulders, up and down hills, and past waterfalls. This was an unexpected, yet enjoyable, end to the journey to Mount Mansfield. This waterfall was the best one we saw, spreading out across a wide area with a little bit of water. |
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Lastly, a panoramic of the mountains. As I repeatedly say, there's no way to capture the grandeur of mountains, but this is my best attempt. You just have to climb Mount Mansfield for yourself if this doesn't do it for you! | |
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. . . Mount Mansfield, Portrait Gallery |
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This page was last updated August 6, 2000.| © Copyright 2000, Andrew Fredman
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