Hike with Joe
Great Range and Dix Region
August 2003

Cross the North Boquet near the road	Crossing above shoe box falls	Setting up Camp
We head to the South Boquet and head up Elizabeth town No. 4	First views are from rock outcroppings	and there is open rock nearing the summit
The views were fine	Joe reaches the summit	But even so, Spotted mountain looms large
Cliff enjoys the view	and we head down the west side	The stream was a welcome sight, but as we climbed out of the stream bed, Joe got stung by several wasps.
Joe navigates a sticky spot on the way back	We enjoy dinner at shoe box	The next morning, we drive to the Garden and head to the south side trail
We stop for breakfast along Johns Brook	We hike along the river	and eventually head up a slide toward Lower Wolfsjaw
Lots of climbing	and great views while we snack	more climbing
Here Joe nears the top. A herd path leads from the top to the Range trail	Reaching Lower Wolfsjaw	where we have a view of the great range
On the shoulder of Upper Wolfsjaw there is a wonderful raspberry patch	and we get some views from Upper Wolfsjaw	Next we reach Armstrong, which has wonderful views
We enjoy lunch on Gothics	A view from a crevice	The descent of Gothics is steep
View of Gothics from Saddlesback	A passing raven	Great views
and a fun descent	Good place to stretch	Pausing in the col
Climbing Basin	It rained on us, and poured between Basin and Haystack	We descend off Basin
Six high peaks and ten hours hiking deserve a yawn	Lets do Haystack too; and the clouds lift as we do	Haystack from Little Haystack
Descending Little Haystack	We reach Haystack and have great views	Taste testing summit blueberries
We must descend	with great parting views	Little Haystack and Haystack from Razor Rock
We were glad to see water after many hours of hiking	Twilight hiking between Slant Rock and Bushnell Falls	Past twilight hiking the rest of the way
The next morning we have Breakfast when we reach the South Boquet	We reach the East Dix Slide, which has wet lower reaches	A view down the slide
And up	It gets steep near the top	but is great fun
We make it to the top of the slide	where there are great views	We cross over to South Dix
Cliff scrambling up Hough	On Hough we have luch with great views	On the herd path to Dix
We reach Dix	which has 360 degree views	More views
Descending to the slide	The top of the slide is steep	Loose rock leads to a drop off
We by-pass the drop off in the brush	Descending with the sun at our backs	Butterfly at the base of the slide
On the seemingly endless descent along the brook	Eventually leads to open water slides	We enjoy dinner and breakfast at shoe box, then head out for the return home.