Playing Hooky

Chris & I took the day off and went hiking up Great Blue Hill. It was a beautiful day. Sunny, about 88 degrees. The blueberries were ripe and we met a couple of deer on the trail.

We went up the steep (east) side, so we were pretty hot by the time we got to the top.

That’s the old kite shed in the picture. About a hundred years ago, they used to fly a giant kite carrying weather instruments from the top of the hill.

Here’s a picture of the observatory itself. It’s still operating.

We ran into several groups of kids at Eliot tower, but most of the trails were pretty quiet today.