Pine Cobble

A day in February we went hiking in Pine Cobble. Pine Cobble trails is in Massachusetts, but it is very close to the border of state of Vermont and New York.
We arrived at a parking lot of the trailhead around 10 a.m. We put gators and took out microspiks...and got almost ready.
Then, Mr.N said, "Oh flat tire."
Really?
Wow. How man times am I writing about flat tires on the blog? The last one was in New Zealand in December. OK. Now this one is in Massachusetts in February. Flat tires happen kind of frequently (feels frequently), but it has been a long time it happened to Mr.N's Toyota car. We took out a donut and exchanged with a flat one.
Then, next question was we go hiking and go back to Boston with the donut or look for a tire shop nearby. Since it was far from Boston we yelped a tire shop close by. Luckily there was one 10 minutes away to see drove with a donut. On the way I found a cat sleeping on a porch, but we had to keep driving, because there were a line of cars behind (maybe because we had a donut).
The tire shop people were really nice and they did exchanged a flat in 1 hour. One guy at the shop said he has been to Boston to bring his son to the New England aquarium. He was 3 at that time. Now he is 7, so the guy is thinking about bring him there again. It was a warm story. We were able to leave the tire shop around 12:30 p.m. We still had a time to have a short hike.
There was snow on the tail. It was not too soft or hard. Miceospikes worked well. After an hour or climb, we came up to the top of hill. Nice view. It was refreshing. Continuous line of mountain range in the distance always makes me refreshed. Especially during this COVID-19 outbreak, outdoor activity is extra valuable. 

We ate apples on the top of hill. While we were sitting and enjoying the view, a hike came up to the hill. She wore American flag hoodie. I thought, "Is today July 4th?" "Wait, no, interesting...." I asked Mr.N if it was weird and he agreed. Our 1 day small adventure with flat tire was fun. 

Top of the hill

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