Sugarloaf Mountain

[dawn_felagund]

Today, Bobby and I went hiking out in Frederick County at Sugarloaf Mountain. Sugarloaf Mountain is a monadnock, or stand-alone mountain; all of the other mountains around it have since eroded away. (The Appalachians were once the highest above-water mountain range in the world. They're significantly humbler now, but they've earned the right. :)

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[klose]

Sugarloaf. That is an awesome name for a mountain. *g* Those are great photos; such beautiful scenery and you and your husband are adorable too!

I have purchased another paid account for myself.
It's funny to read this at this point in time, just because I just got myself another paid account today. Admittedly, just for 2 months - and then I'll see how it goes - but I was just sick and tired of the ads! I'm not even fussed about the userpics. (But I was on a sponsored account before, so the main upgrade is with the lack of ads, I think.)

[dawn_felagund]

Thank you! :)

I was just sick and tired of the ads! I'm not even fussed about the userpics. (But I was on a sponsored account before, so the main upgrade is with the lack of ads, I think.)

I was on Basic, so I had, I think, six userpics, which were my default and the last five I'd uploaded. I made them work (I could have switched them out but was too busy/lazy). When I let my paid account expire, I think LJ defaulted me to Plus, but I couldn't bear the ads, so I switched back to Basic. On Basic, I still saw ads on other people's journals, which was pain enough and reason to celebrate my return as a paid LJ customer! :)

ETA: Your icon is gorgeous, btw! :)

[samtyr]

Oh, lovely pics. ::dreamy sigh:: I'm curious though -- have you ever thought of hiking the Appalachian Trail?

[dawn_felagund]

Thank you, Sam! :) We have indeed thought about the Appalachian Trail, probably when we're both teaching and have weeks/months off together at a time. That gives me plenty of time to get back into shape; it'd probably kill me if I tried to hike it now! :)

[samtyr]

Maybe you could do a teaching-related thesis or something when you finally are able to hike it?

I always hoped to *try* to hike it one summer (even though I am more of a couch potato) but my health is too bad.

[dawn_felagund]

Are you near the Appalachians? Even as someone who was in really good shape once upon a time (then came grad school, and my butt became glued to my computer chair ;), it's definitely something to work up to, I think.

[kenazfiction]

Great pictures! Always nice to see your smiling face!

[dawn_felagund]

Awww ... thank you! :D

[dreamflower02]

Oh, what gorgeous mountain scenery! And you and your Bobby are such a cute couple! Now I know what you actually look like. (I have this tendency to imagine my friends looking like their icons. Isn't it odd that so many of them look like a hobbit?)

[dawn_felagund]

Oh, what gorgeous mountain scenery!

It is. We are so lucky where we live. (Being only 200 ft lower in elevation than Sugarloaf, we have similarly spectacular views at the end of our street. That was definitely a motive when we chose this house! :)

And you and your Bobby are such a cute couple! Now I know what you actually look like. (I have this tendency to imagine my friends looking like their icons. Isn't it odd that so many of them look like a hobbit?)

Thank you! I do that too; imagine people as their icons. Was I a crappy Tengwar D and F made in Illustrator after working with the software for no more than an hour? :D *points to default icon*

[sinneahtes]

Ooh, hiking pics! And mushrooms! And you're back on LJ! Yay! :D

I remember how much it blew my mind to learn how the Appalachians (and other east coast mountain systems) used to be so much larger than they are today--even bigger than the Himalayas, apparently. There are scratch marks on top of my local mountains (not Appalachians, but still) that give a hint at how insane some of the glaciers during the ice age were, and then it makes you wonder at how incomprehensibly old things are...

[dawn_felagund]

I thought you'd like the mushroom. When we were photographing the mushroom, I said, "Niki would be proud of us!" :D