Cairns are more exciting than you think!

Along our trip we encountered two types of Cairns, Conical and Bates. For those who are not in the know a cairn is rock pile used to mark a trail. Conical cairns are are as the name suggests large conical piles of rocks. Bates Cairns introduced by Acadia trail builder Waldron Bates, consist of two rocks laid parallel two each other, one long rock laid lengthwise across them, and several smaller rocks on top of that. Now you know the rest of the story.

Acadia National Park

On Wednesday (the 18th) we climbed Mount Cadillac, here is photographic evidence.

A word on food

Several readers have asked, " Hillel what did you guys eat on the trip?". Well dear readers, we subsisted on a steady diet of peanut butter/ Grape Jelly sandwiches, hot dogs, hamburgers, and road chili. What is road chili you ask? Well road chili is what you get when you have limited ingredients, equipment, and a culinary genius with you.

Mount Washungton

More mount Washungton pictures, and yes it is spelled that way. When you climb the mountain they tell you the real spelling, and you are not supposed to tell everyone or they will come and get you. However I am Hillel Silverberg, and I fear no mountain naming committee, let them just try and get me.

We Are Back

So we have safely made it back to Silver Spring, without any major injuries or additional conjunctivitis infections. We are amazing. A full recap and the rest of the pictures to follow,

Rules

Rule # 1- Don't touch Hillel, and Hillel can't touch anything.

Mount Washungton

I forgot to ad, We pulled together a Mincha Minyan on top of Mt. Washington with a bunch of Chasidim.