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sunset view to Spaulding and Sugarloaf

Mts Saddleback and Abraham, Sept 2007

A couple of days camping and cherry-picking open summits along the A.T. in western Maine.
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you should see an image here A fern-covered boulder beside the Appalachian Trail.
you should see an image here Lunch!
you should see an image here Trail marker at treeline on Saddleback.
you should see an image here View toward the summit. See the hiker in blue?
you should see an image here View toward Mt Abraham.
you should see an image here Another version of the view to the summit of Saddleback.
you should see an image here View north down the summit ridge.
you should see an image here A portrait of my shadow, with Abraham in the distance.
you should see an image here Timer self-portrait on Saddleback.
you should see an image here View along the Appalachian Trail southbound from the summit.
you should see an image here A rowboat in Eddy Pond.
you should see an image here Piazza Rock.
you should see an image here Red squirrel.
you should see an image here Mushroom - not sure what species.
you should see an image here Beetle - don't know this species either.
you should see an image here A view toward Sugarloaf and Burnt Hill from the Firewarden's Trail on Mt Abraham.
you should see an image here More snacks!
you should see an image here Summit of Mt Abraham.
you should see an image here The eastern ridge of Mt Abraham, in afternoon light.
you should see an image here The peak just east of the summit.
you should see an image here Eastern ridge again, now in evening light.
you should see an image here The summit, just before sunset.
you should see an image here You can see how Saddleback got its name.
you should see an image here Spaulding (left) and Sugarloaf (right) at sunset, seen from the summit of Mt Abraham.
you should see an image here Morning still life in the Firewarden's cabin.
you should see an image here Horsetail (Equisetum sp.) by the cabin.
you should see an image here Pearly Everlasting (Anaphalis margaritacea)
you should see an image here Hobblebush (Viburnum lantanoides)
you should see an image here Aster (possibly A. Vegematica)
you should see an image here Unidentified triceroid beetle. It was really small, hard to capture with this lens.
you should see an image here See the beetle?
you should see an image here Some puffy shelf bracket fungi on a fallen tree.
you should see an image here Some colorful fungi on another log.
you should see an image here A trillium (can't tell if it's T. undulatum or T. erectum)
you should see an image here Mushroom - species unknown.
you should see an image here Some kind of asteracean, possibly Centaurea sp.