Mountainhouse Beer Trail

Everyone knows you have to take a serious stretch before you hike.

God Bless the 10 second timer.

A plant. Growing in a hollowed tree. Nature is Awesome.

We made it to the top! Unfortunately there was no beer.  

On my day off this week I decided it was critical that I climb Mt. Wachusett. I've always wanted to be a hiker and enjoy the outdoors but could never pry myself off the couch. However, today was different and I was able to begin to fufill that dream of being an earthy crunchy hiker. I was able to convince my friends to go with me and dragged them up a mountain with the promise of beer at the summit. I was almost certain there would be black bears with beer at the top....

Makin' Sauce

I do enjoy makin' sauce. The pinkish red stuff is my attempt at raspberry jam but it kind of failed. There wasn't enough pectin so the jam is really runny. So I'm pretending that I intended to make runny jam and I'm calling it TOAST DIP. I am working on the copyright and trademark. I know you're sad because you didn't think of it first.

The less attractive brownish slop is my more successful attempt at apple sauce. Deeee-lish! Turns out mashing apples is a total pain in the butt. Hooray for emulsifiers! I plan on making many more batches of applesauce because really can you have too much applesauce?

I am now pushing my jarred goodies on friends, family, strangers, significant others, foreigners, street performers, grandparents, etc. I can never tell if people actually think its good or if they tell me its good to spare my feelings. I am happy to live in my delusions of awesome sauce making.