Thrilled to have "held" (fed) a gray jay atop Mt. Jackson This is a tale of a mother and seven year old son summiting back to back 4,000 foot peaks in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, and a Gray Jay that saved the day! Sunday evening I spent quite some time online doing a bit of research. I was trying to find a few 4,000 footers that I felt would be appropriate for my 7 year old. As our first hike of this trip would suggest ( read about it here ), both kids are capable of hiking 12 miles in a day, but honestly, I don't like pushing mileage too frequently. No one has fun on those hikes, so I try to do my best mixing up easy and tougher trails, shorter and longer mileage, etc. I really wanted to climb a 4,000 footer or two this trip though. I got on Google and looked up easier 4,000 footers. A few people have blogged on this, and given that it really comes down to someone's opinion, I tried to see if there were a few that showed up on a couple of people'
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