Get your hike on...

By Melanie Brooks

It's been a busy few days...so busy in fact that I didn't get a chance to post the weekly What's Happening list of weekend events. Shame on me! Thursday I left work early to head down to Portland to have dinner with a friend who just had her second child. I was up bright and early on Friday and spent the day spreading the news about Real Maine Weddings to vendors in the Kennebunk and Kennebunkport area. I spent the day in Kittery on Saturday and on Sunday, Sidekick Shane and I headed to MDI to do a little hiking.

Since both of us are out of shape, we didn't want to spend hours on a vigorous trail, but we wanted to get some exercise. We decided on hiking Parkman Mountain by Somes Sound.

The trail started out on the Carriage Roads and there were lots of people out with their bicycles and dogs enjoying the pre-fall weather. Parkman Mountain is 941 feet high and we had amazing views once we reached the top. After lunch of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches at the top, we decided to loop around and follow the trail to the peak of Bald Mountain (974 feet) right next door before heading back down to the parking lot.


Here's the view of the summit of Parkman Mountain from the top of Bald Mountain.


And here's the view of the other side...


The leaves were just starting to turn this weekend so the foliage wasn't near it's peak. But give it a couple more weeks and try the hike for yourself. It took us about an hour and a half to do the whole loop, which was a little over two miles. And it was definitely worth all the sore muscles we both have today.