It's mid-summer and maybe you're thinking about getting away on the trail for a long weekend. You know, four or five days. Enough time to get into 'trail mode' and forget about the daily grind. Good head time.

You've done your share of backpacks along the AT. Been to much of the Whites. What to do next?

How about a trail you might never have heard of?

What, what, you say?

The Monadnock-Sunapee Greenway Trail!

Once beyond the crowds swarming the slopes of Monadnock you're likely to have most of the next 50 miles of terrific hiking pretty much to yourself. Now, doesn't that sound good?!

Give it a go, for a weekend or for the whole nine yards. And let me know how you make out. I'll think you'll like it.

Here's some pics from my backpack on the MSGT late last May. Enjoy!

The alpine summit of Mount Monadnock looms ahead on the White Dot Trail. It was a brutal 95 degrees that day. Sweaty hiking I tells ya.
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Greenway sign north of Mount Monadnock.
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Howe Reservoir on the first afternoon on the MSGT.
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Trailside trillium.
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Bug camp near Center Pond. Due to the dearth of blood thirsty insects here I was forced to stay in my tent outside the shelter.
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A double blue blaze indicates a very important turn in the trail.
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Tower atop Pitcher Mountain.
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Wide open walking over Jackson Hill.
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Friends Dana and Janet Thurston met me in Washington to finish the MSGT. We partook of a number of cold brews from the store's coolers. For hydration purposes, of course.
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Hiking out of the historic village of Washington.
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Good trail over Lovewell Mountain.
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Lookout on Lovewell Mountain.
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Cooking up some chow at the Moose Lookout Campsite.
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Checking out the view above Lake Solitude.
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Taking the final steps on the MSGT up Mount Sunapee.
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