Four Days in the Outdoors of Northern New Hampshire with Family and Friends
Grab a cup of coffee or another favorite beverage, kick up your feet, and enjoy how a family bonds in the great north woods of New Hampshire. Experience our NH “Live Free or Die” outdoors:
(1) Hiking Tuckerman Ravine Trail from the Appalachian Mountain Club’s (AMC) Pinkham Notch hut to the AMC Lake of the Cloud (LOC) hut for a one night stay.
(2) Hiking from LOC hut to the peak of Mt Washington, the highest mountain in the northeast at 6,288 feet and Home of the World's Worse Weather.
(3) Tenting for two days at Lake Francis State Park in the Connecticut Lakes area in Pittsburg, NH.
o Hike to and around the 4th Connecticut Lake located on the border of Canada and the United States. The 4th Connecticut Lake is the headwaters of the 410 mile long Connecticut River
o Paddle the Third Connecticut Lake
o Paddle Lake Francis
o Moose sightings on 18 mile Moose Alley
Preparing the Hike to Lake of the Clouds Hut (LOC) and Mount Washington
They say a picture is worth a thousand words. Enjoy this short video of our hike up Tuckerman Ravine Trail to Lake of the Clouds Hut followed by a next day hike to Mt Washington. The proceed to the Great North Woods for paddling and moose sighting.
The northern tip of New Hampshire has a pristine area known as the GreatNorth Woods. I wanted Austin and my grandchildren to enjoy and appreciate this treasure of New Hampshire. Its many summer outdoor opportunities include paddling and fishing the Connecticut (CT) Lakes (Forth CT, Third CT, Second CT Lake, First CT and Lake Francis), hiking the Fourth CT, and Moose sightseeing.
Moose Watching.
The moose is the biggest and most mysterious four-legged inhabitant of northern New Hampshire. Seeing a moose is always a thrill for me. Certainly for Austin and my grandkids, the thought of seeing these huge six to seven foot tall and 700 to 1200 pound animals was an expectation like waiting to get a glimpse of Santa Claus! There are 6,000 or so moose in New Hampshire and being in the Connecticut Lakes area in particular enhances the opportunity to see a moose. The last 18 or so miles on route 3 in Pittsburg is designated Moose Alley. Driving slowly on Moose Alley at 5 am also enhances your chance to see a moose. And, dusk is another good time.
What is the best way to find moose? My answer is always simple – look for cars pulled alongside of the road. For two days at dawn and dusk we drove very slowly up Route 3. See our success here.
The Republic of Indian Stream
As we hiked to the Fourth Connecticut Lake I shared a history lesson not readily known. For a few years in the 1830s, an area of today's Pittsburg, NH was an independent republic, not part of New Hampshire and not part of the United States. The US attempted to tax the 360 inhabitants, and Canada tried to make them serve in its military, so the people decided to establish their own sovereign nation called, The Republic of Indian Stream. The existence of the Republic was ended by New Hampshire in 1835. Later, the Webster -Ashburton Treaty of 1842 established the border between Canada and the United States – the border markers that we would crisscross as we hiked to the Fourth Connecticut Lake.
Hiking the Fourth Connecticut Lake
The 78 acre Fourth Connecticut Lake is located on the USA/Canada border. It is called a “Lake”, but in my mind is similar to a small bog or marsh. The narrow swampy walk around the lake took us a half hour. We stopped to take pictures at the outlet stream - the Fourth CT is the headwaters of the 410 mile long Connecticut River that ends in Long Island Sound. The trail to the lake starts at the United States-Canada customs border crossing station in Pittsburg, NH on the international border between the United States and Canada. The whole hike from custom station to lake, walk around the lake, a brief ten minute break, and the hike back, was less than two hours.
Paddle Third Connecticut Lake
This 235 acre Lake is located about a half mile downhill from the Fourth Connecticut. During our paddle on this pristine lake we saw beaver lodges and dams, loons, the outlet to the Second Connecticut Lake. Carson went for a swim. As we paddled around the northern end of the lake, we stopped to see the inlet from the Fourth Connecticut Lake.
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Four Days in New Hampshire of Family and Friends Hiking, Paddling, Tenting and Moose Sighting.
Grab a cup of coffee or another favorite beverage, kick up your feet, and enjoy how a family bonds through the great outdoors of New Hampshire. My 18-year-old nephew Austin graduated from his southern California (CA) high school. For Austin achieving this educational milestone, my wife, Cathy, and I arranged for him to fly to New Hampshire in July to experience our Live Free or Die outdoors.
The four day trip would entail:
(1) Hike the Tuckerman Ravine Trail from the Appalachian Mountain Club's (AMC) Pinkham Notch hut to the AMC Lake of the Cloud (LOC) hut for a one night stay.
(2) On day 2 hike from LOC hut to the peak of Mt Washington, the highest mountain in the northeast at 6,288 feet and a record windspeed of 231 mph.
(3) Tent for two days at Lake Francis State Park in the Connecticut Lakes area in Pittsburg, NH.
o Hike to and around the 4th Connecticut Lake located on the border of Canada and the United States. The 4th Connecticut Lake is the headwaters of the 410 mile long Connecticut River
o Paddle the Third Connecticut Lake
o Paddle Lake Francis
o Moose sightings on 18 mile Moose Alley
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The American Civil War (also known by other names) was a war fought in the United States (U.S.) from 1861 to 1865. The Civil War is the most studied and written about episode in U.S. history. Largely as a result of the long-standing controversy over the enslavement of black people, war broke out in April 1861, when secessionist forces attacked Fort Sumter in South Carolina, shortly after United States President Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated. The loyalists of the Union in the North proclaimed support for the Constitution. They faced secessionists of the Confederate States in the South, who advocated for states' rights to uphold slavery.
Among the 34 U.S. states in February 1861, seven Southern slave states individually declared their secession from the country to form the Confederate States of America. The Confederacy grew to include eleven states, all of them slaveholding. The Confederacy was never diplomatically recognized by the United States government, nor was it recognized by any foreign country. The states that remained loyal to the U.S. were known as the Union. The Union and Confederacy quickly raised volunteer and conscription armies that fought mostly in the South over the course of four years. Intense combat left 620,000 to 750,000 people dead, more than the number of U.S. military deaths in all other wars combined.The Union finally won the war when General Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant at the Battle of Appomattox Court House, followed with a series of surrenders by Confederate generals throughout the southern states. Much of the South's infrastructure was destroyed, especially the transportation systems. The Confederacy collapsed, slavery was abolished, and 4 million black slaves were freed. The Reconstruction Era (1863–1877) overlapped and followed the war, with the process of restoring national unity, strengthening the national government, and granting civil rights to freed black slaves throughout the country.
Ulysses S. Grant | Wikipedia audio article
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00:04:11 1 Early life and education
00:06:51 2 Early military career and personal life
00:07:02 2.1 West Point and first assignment
00:10:21 2.2 Marriage and family
00:11:26 2.3 Mexican–American War
00:14:41 2.4 Post-war assignments
00:17:49 3 Civilian struggles and politics
00:21:32 4 Civil War
00:22:34 4.1 Early commands
00:24:26 4.2 Belmont, Forts Henry and Donelson
00:29:01 4.3 Shiloh and aftermath
00:34:26 4.4 Vicksburg campaign
00:38:36 4.5 Chattanooga and promotion
00:41:55 4.6 Overland Campaign and Petersburg Siege
00:47:16 4.7 Appomattox campaign, and victory
00:49:25 4.8 Lincoln's assassination
00:50:44 5 Commanding General
00:51:45 5.1 Reconstruction
00:53:22 5.2 Break from Johnson
00:56:27 5.3 Election of 1868
00:58:57 6 Presidency (1869–1877)
01:01:49 6.1 Later Reconstruction and civil rights
01:08:38 6.2 Native American iPeace/i policy
01:12:10 6.3 Foreign affairs
01:16:49 6.4 Gold standard and gold conspiracy
01:20:32 6.5 Election of 1872 and second term
01:24:05 6.6 Panic of 1873 and loss of Congress
01:27:15 6.7 Scandals and reform
01:34:34 6.8 Election of 1876
01:36:14 7 Post-presidency
01:36:24 7.1 World tour and diplomacy
01:38:08 7.2 Third term attempt
01:40:26 7.3 Business reversals, speculation and confidence men
01:43:33 7.4 Memoirs, pension, and death
01:49:48 8 Historical reputation
01:53:12 9 Memorials and presidential library
01:55:44 10 See also
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- learn while on the move
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Now learn the vast amount of general knowledge available on Wikipedia through audio (audio article). You could even learn subconsciously by playing the audio while you are sleeping! If you are planning to listen a lot, you could try using a bone conduction headphone, or a standard speaker instead of an earphone.
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Ulysses S. Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant; April 27, 1822 – July 23, 1885) was an American soldier, politician, and international statesman who served as the 18th president of the United States from 1869 to 1877. During the American Civil War, General Grant, with President Abraham Lincoln, led the Union Army to victory over the Confederacy. During the Reconstruction Era, President Grant led the Republicans in their efforts to remove the vestiges of Confederate nationalism, racism, and slavery.
From early childhood in Ohio, Grant was a skilled equestrian who had a talent for taming horses. He graduated from West Point in 1843 and served with distinction in the Mexican–American War. Upon his return, Grant married Julia Dent, and together they had four children. In 1854, Grant abruptly resigned from the army. He and his family struggled financially in civilian life for seven years. When the Civil War broke out in 1861, Grant joined the Union Army and rapidly rose in rank to general. Grant was persistent in his pursuit of the Confederate enemy, winning major battles and gaining Union control of the Mississippi River. In March 1864, President Lincoln promoted Grant to Lieutenant General, a rank previously reserved for George Washington. For over a year Grant's Army of the Potomac fought the Army of Northern Virginia led by Robert E. Lee in the Overland Campaign and at Petersburg. On April 9, 1865, Lee surrendered to Grant at Appomattox, and the war ended.
On April 14, 1865, Lincoln was assassinated. Grant continued his service under Lincoln's successor President Andrew Johnson and was promoted General of the Army in 1866. Disillusioned by Johnson's conservative approach to Reconstruction, Grant drifted toward the Radical Republicans. Elected the youngest 19th Century president in 1868, Grant stabilized the post-war national economy, created the Department of Justice, and prosecuted the Ku Klux Klan. He appointed African-Americans and Jewish-Americans to prominent federal offices. In 1871, Grant created the first Civil Service Commission. The Democrats and Liberal Republicans united behind Grant's opponent in the presidential election of 1872, but Grant was handily re-elected. Grant's new Peace Policy for Native Americans had both successes and failures. Grant's administration successfully resolv ...
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