Once we finish hiking for the day, we usually head back to the cabin for rest, reading, relaxation and a cocktail. We like gin and tonics, made a tad healthier by a plate of veggies and hummus and, usually, cheese and crackers, fruit and maybe some of the delicious, crusty French bread you can buy at Rendezvous bakery in Colebrook. We go to the French bakers at least twice on every hiking trip to visit the woman we privately call “the French lady.” She politely sells us the bread we use for the sandwiches we pack to eat on the trails.Â
I review books so I read a lot in the afternoons and evenings. But Lopstick has satellite TV and WiFi, too. The cabins have decks for those who love sitting and looking out at First Connecticut Lake, Magalloway Mountain in the distance and listening to the loons out over the lake. This beautiful silence, mixed with the sounds of loons and the rustle of who-knows-what in the brush, is one of the big reasons I can’t stop coming to Pittsburg NH.
At night you can look up and see a vast stew of stars, interspersed with shooting stars. If you drive further north along the logging roads, there’s nothing -- no light pollution -- between you and the grand sky-scape. We’ve been to Pittsburg on many occasions when the moon has been full. You don’t see as many stars but the bright moon means you can try some night hiking -- scary but do-able.
Full moon rising over the Second Connecticut Lake.