These are pictures from our climb up Baldpate a couple of week ago.  It was a beautiful day and the sky cleared as we hiked.  

This was a beautiful little place full of moss.  

There were places where the sun could come through the canopy of leaves.  

Melissa this one is for you.  We actually met several thru hikers who were happy to have a couple hundred miles left.  

This was on the top of east peak and you can see behind us is west peak.
We did not take enough food and so when something fell on the ground we picked it up and ate it.  We also found a M&M and were tempted, but thought the bears might like it.  It was not like one M&M would offer much energy.  

I love this picture, because every time we have climbed Baldpate it has been windy up there.  At this point we are on west peak looking at east peak.  It takes about 45 minutes to go from one to the other.  

 You can see the trail going up east peak.

The day was so nice and I hope I can bring my grandchildren up here.  

This is perseverance!  Can you imagine trying to grow where the ice freezes horizontally?   I have been up here when it was snowing,  freezing and the wind was blowing so strong that icicle several inches long were freezing horizontally.   We actually saw a snowbow that day.   There is a little bit of life left in this old tree.