Bald Mountain, Rangeley, Maine
My students are writing comparison/contrast essays comparing two places. I began modelling how I brainstorm details for my piece and chose last summer’s trip to Rangeley, Maine as my topic to model. I began remembering that arduous hike we took up Bald Mountain… * * * * * * * * * ** They called it a moderate hike, a family hike, even. I can do moderate, I thought. I used to be able to do moderate, at least. The description of the hike up Bald Mountain included lots of boulders but mostly towards the end. As we began the hike, and kept going and going, there were already lots of boulders, really lots of boulders. I thought maybe they confused the beginning and the end, and that the beginning really sported the difficult boulders. Not true. I am the slowest hiker in the hiking world, I must tell you. I always was, even 25 years ago, when hiking with my daughte...
