Monadnock State Park, New Hampshire
After many years, we've decided to visit Mount Monadnock again
and choose the trails to make our time with the nature of this iconic mountain...
It all began about 415 million years ago as sand and mud on the bottom of the ocean,
between the ancient continents of Laurentia and Avalonia.
Some time later, these two continents collided,
pushing early Monadnock rocks deeper into the world of intense pressure, making them hard to break.
When the higher, softer layers of land eroded away,
these rocks reached the surface,
standing proudly above all that surrounds them, by their given name Mount Monadnock.
And then, the last Ice Age came, about 115,000 years back.
The glaciers were advancing from the North,
scratching all they could from the northern slopes of the mountain and
pushing rocks and boulders down the southern slopes.
When finally retreated, about 100,000 years after,
they left the mountain with the character and energy I can sense today...
They are still here...
