The barred rock chicks have passed the three-week mark. I write these posts on the far side of each week (which is to say, we are living and writing in the fourth week, having survived the third…). Continue reading “Chickens and Candy Eggs”
As a follow up to my earlier post on Mount Equinox, I have found a mysterious reference to an “ice cave” (containing snow in mid-July) on Mount Equinox in Manchester, Vermont, in an old book, pictured below. I have no idea where this might be, but it looks like it could be tracked down from the description in this 115 year old book, Glacieres; or Freezing Caves by Edwin Swift Balch, published in 1900 by Allen Lane & Scott of Philadelphia.
Take a look (and tell me in the comments if you have seen it!!!):
I ran across another, even older, reference “Skinner Hollow is a deep amphitheatrical gulf on the south side of Equinox Mountain which has a cave so profound that snow remains there all year.” From New England: A Handbook for Travelers published in 1879 by The Riverside Press, Cambridge.
Are you familiar with Mount Equinox and have you hiked it? Ever seen Skinner’s Cave? Please do tell in the comments below. Navigation tips to the cave appreciated. For more information on Mount Equinox please see my earlier post.
