2006.02.25 - Not much to say on this one... I fought sleep as I drove from Mt. Frissell, CT out to the western border of Rhode Island; I had been up for over 30 hours, after all! Being used to Texas driving, I was pleasantly surprised to drive through three states in just a few hours. Passing through many small towns and around one large one, I eventually pulled off of RI-101 a few tens of feet away from the highpoint.

Just off the road, I found a laminated map places by the "trailhead" leading to the top. The trail led past 3 benchmarks (really 1 BM and two reference marks), as it lead through a sparse forest; even trying to stretch out the hike, it could not last more than 5 minutes. I arrived at the large boulder and set up to take my summit picture. Afterward, I looked around the area a bit before deciding that I should go ahead and get going toward the next goal.

Adams, MA would be several hours away, and I wanted to go there to get as much sleep as possible before climbing Mt. Greylock. I drove through quite a snowstorm on the way, which was actually quite a blessing as it forced me to concentrate and stay awake. Well after dark, I pulled into the Cheshire Harbor trailhead and fell asleep in my bag almost immediately. It was one of my better times car-camping to date.