Capturing the Moment

  Continuing my series during the Covid 19 pandemic semi-lockdown, today Catalina and I explored the nearby trail to Sunset Rock, here in Stowe. Even though she is getting to be a much better hiker, I still carried her in the hiking backpack for about 4/5 of the time. She is rocking her new trail runners and as you can see by her outfit, the weather has turned cold. We woke up the temp in the upper forties today...and it is still August. It was quite refreshing though, as it means we can turned on the fire here at the Stowe treehouse and sip coffee in front of the heat producing flames. We'll see how it is when the temperature goes negative, but this is quite doable, and just downright pleasant.    To get to this trail we had to park right in the middle of the 'downtown' old town part of Stowe. The buildings actually butt right up to the base of the mountain where this trail starts. Cute little inns and b&bs dot the side road, while the church bells of the main

My 2yr Old Hiking Companion  Another waterfall hike on our to-do list was Moss Glen Falls. From my research it sounded like a fairly simple hike from the parking lot to the view of the falls, but I was excited to see what it had to offer. I was not disappointed.   Even though the hike to Moss Glen Falls is located off Randolph Road, on the other side of the town of Stowe, it still took under 20 minutes to get there. I took my two and a half year old daughter with me. She and I have been checking out all the surroundings of Stowe since moving in a little over a month ago.   The trail immediately offered some fun challenge with old plank boards formed a boardwalk through a wetland boggy area. The foliage was very dense on both sides although you could see some beaver ponds to our left and you could hear the river to our right. The beaver ponds were the reason for the muddiness it seemed. This area also provided a few berry surprises in the form of wild rasberries and the very fir