Thanks for a successful event!!

[ridgerunner]

The 10th Anniversary Celebration was a total success. We met many new friends this weekend. The weather was perfect for the guided hikes and all the events on Saturday. This was our first of hopefully many more annual events. I can not thank the following people enough, Roger and Linda Glew of the Sportsman's Lodge, the members of The Folk Tree Band, Carey Kish, our trail volunteers and maintainers and all the hikers that give us their support to make events such as this and the trail system a success.

The guided hikes were somewhat what we expected, wet and muddy in sections (due to over 2 weeks of continuous rain). Once through the wet spots, the trails were in excellent shape (even came across white lady slippers on the Ben Young Hill Trail). We even added a third guided hike up Sugar Hill near Coleman State Park on Sunday morning.

The pancake breakfast, spaghetti feed and BBQ were well attended. There was plenty of food and many people stuffed themselves to the point of having to take walks to work it off!!
Hikers of all ages came. There were close to 50 hikers from Maine, New Hampshire and Quebec. Age and culture barriers were non-existent.

I would also like to take the time to congratulate a very well mannered young boy named Cam from Nashua. He was the proud winner of the raffle held on Sunday morning.

As president of The Cohos Trail Association, I am proud to be associated with one of the best group of people I have ever met.

We hope to meet more of you at future events.

See you on the trail!!!!

[MtnGoat]

8-)The Great Cohos Trail Get-Together far surpassed our expectations! Guests from various New Hampshire towns showed up as well as people from Sherbrooke Quebec and Portland Maine. Some opted to stay in the lodge while others braved the elements, sleeping outside in tents. The weather coorperated somewhat with only an occasional shower here and there.

Four residents of Colebrook joined Kim Nilsen and crew for the hike up to Table Rock and Ridgerunner led seven up the Ben Young Hill Trail Saturday morning.

Special thanks to Roger and Linda Glew from the www.sportman.com(Sportsman's Lodge and Cabins) on Big Diamond Pond in Stewartstown, NH for hosting our event. They've supported The Cohos Trail from it's inception and they're a fine example of A1-hospitality in the Great North Woods of New Hampshire!

The Folk Tree from Colebrook, NH entertained us Saturday evening and it was awesome looking out across at the band and seeing the party boats out on the water from neighboring camps enjoying the music too. Several local people brought lawn chairs and came to enjoy Charlie Jordan, Mark Hanlon, Bobie Bunnell, Michele Johnsen & Tommy Jordan (The Folk Tree) run off tunes from the 60's and 70's... We're still singing 'Ghost Riders in the Sky'!

Special thanks to Debbie Marshall, Jeanine Kinney, Ellen Kolb and Linda Glew for their help in the kitchen and to our three BBQ chefs, Bob Paradis, Yvan Guay and Kim Nilsen who flipped burgers with great expertise!

Thanks to Gladys and Doug Beattie for the homemade donuts-Yvan Guay for the massive tent- Dennis Thompson for the chairs and additional tents- Bob Paradis for the cake, salad & picnic table. Roger Glew for the volleyball set and fixing our dilapated picnic table and to all the others that gave donations and helped to set up. It was truly a joint venture with everyone pitching in to help one another! I swell with pride to think of the tight-knit group we became. I felt like I've known these people all of my life! Thanks also to Andy O'Brien, Dave Mills, Scott Grzyb and Cory Gilbert for helping to set up and tear down along with the others mentioned before! What a great weekend!


Kim Nilsen on Guitar with Dave Mills, Gail Richens and Betty Ward

Dave Mills, Betty Ward, Gail Richens, Roger Glew, Linda Glew, Cory Gilbert and Andy O'Brien

Kim Nilsen, Gail Richens and Betty Ward heading out for their hike up to Table Rock


Group hike up Ben Young Hill in Clarksville

White Lady Slipper on the Ben Young Hill Trail

Scott and Cameron Glyzb coming off the Ben Young Hill Trail

Cameron Glyzb enjoying Big Diamond Pond in his Kayak

Kim Nilsen giving The Cohos Trail slideshow presentation to an attentive audience


Linda Glew, Gary Foss, Leurence Bacon, Bob Paradis and Andy O'Brien


Super Chefs - Bob Paradis, Yvan Guay & Kim Nilsen


BBQ on the Deck


Carey Kish in the foreground - Mrs. Sally Foss seated


Tommy Jordan and Alicia enjoying the sunshine on the dock with Guiness and Murphy


The Fabulous Colebrook Band - The Folk Tree - Mark Hanlon, Charlie Jordan, Bobie Bunnell, Michele Johnsen & Tommy Jordan


Kim Nilsen jamming with Mark Hanlon and Charlie Jordan


Gail Richens and Betty Ward

Charlie and Jeanine Kinney from Ctr. Ossipee, NH


Tommy Jordan tuning up his guitar


Robert Hall and Gladys Beattie (far right)