Day 1: In Which My Hike Begins...

By, Lauren G.

September 27- September 29 2015




On September 27th we rode the bus up to Mount. Cardigan. The lodge had 4 floors, the mud room, the main floor, the girls floor, and the boys floor. When we got off of the bus we went into the field and played some games. Later on we had break/lunch, then we went over the rules that had to be followed at Cardigan. At around 1pm we went on a hike through the woods, on a trail. We did scetches every few minutes, and we also got to go explore and go on big rocks that layed in the river. While walking we played some games, such as "find the clip" and more! We returned back to the lodge by around 4;30pm, and dinner was around 6pm. Dinner was served family style! After dinner we had to go back up to our rooms and put more warm clothes on, so we wouldn't be cold when we go back ourside. When we got outside where we were supposed to meet our consilar. We gathed up and got into a line holding a long rope in our left band, as Robin ( our consilar) carefully put blindfolds on us. When she was all finished we slowly directed us somewhere. She told us wether to step over a rock or stick just to have us be aware. Mt. Cardigan is a prominent bare-rock summit, which is located in the towns of Orange and Alexandria, in western New Hampshire. The latitude of the Cardigan Lodge is N 43 degrees 38 minutes 59.6 seconds. The longitude is W 71 degrees 52 minutes 41.9 seconds. On day 1 we arived at Mt. Cardigan and waited a few minutes until they got us all situated.