11 of us left early for a full day’s hike at High Ledges in Shelburne with the hopes of seeing yellow lady slippers. We had another great day, saw too many things to list, the woods were pristine after last night’s thunderstorms, the little streams were running full tilt, the birds taunting us to identify… Continue reading

In winter we hiked the Rivulet Trail at Wm. Cullen Bryant Estate on snow shoes and today we did the same trail without them. It’s a lovely, relatively flat trail. Today we focused on wild flowers and old growth trees. We saw the second tallest black cherry tree in MA, and will simply have to… Continue reading

Today we had a long hike in the Conway Sate Forest. Here we are starting out on Poland Road, approaching Ron Prokopy’s former home, before heading into the trails of Conway State Forest. Our trail leaders, a German Shepherd and a Springer Spaniel led. We hiked up and along a gorgeous stream then took a… Continue reading