Shaw Girl Happenings

It's rained everyday we have been here, and now the roads are flooded and the passes are closed. CeCe's mother rescued us and we are spending the night at their lovely house, in their living room, over looking the Green Mountains. Katie and I were excited to see more of Vermont, but the drive north was through torrential rain, so mostly we watched the car in front of us, with a close eye to the road striping.


Yesterday, after classes were over, Katie and I, swam in the White river. Cold, but refreshing. There were a couple of swimming holes, which we swam through. The current was quite strong.

Back at camp we hiked the yellow trail out of our campsite to the overlook. The trail loops around, but we had been warned to turn back at the overlook so as not to disturb the nesting northern goshawk. Apparently, this hawk will attack if it's nest is threatened. Our timing was great for the hike, as we arrived at sunset. We turned back, as warned, and hiked back down the mountain, returning to our campsite, where we found the hawk, in our campsite! Yikes! Nothin' like seeing a hawk, 15 feet above you, in a tree, spreading her wings and squawking at you, to get your heart racing! Fortunately, she flew off toward the area we are supposed to stay out of. Here's a couple more pictures from the summit.

Labels: Katie, nature, vacation