The rain held off and we had a wonderful hike up Mt Tom, a 2000 acre state reservation in Holyoke with 21 miles of hiking trails, and with today’s hope of watching the hawk migrations. Thousands of hawks pass overhead in the Fall – but not today because the winds/thermals weren’t conducive to it. Nonetheless,… Continue reading

The weather was textbook late summer – early autumn. The dogs cooperated for a portrait with help from Gwen and Tony (who is off camera holding dog treats). The 4 hour hike took us through hilly woods on Tony’s land, Wildlife Management land, 2 other private properties, and 80 acres belonging to the Conway Congregational… Continue reading

Deb put a chunk of her land in Conservation Restriction. We’ve been helping her improve and develop trails on the rest…. maybe 80 acres. The land is wonderful: streams, glacial erratics, mixed wood forest, with the remnants of a Revolutionary Military Road running through it. Today we all brought loppers, saws, and pruners, and continued… Continue reading

We had perfect weather today as we hiked some not often traveled trails in Dubuque State Forest in Hawley MA. We were also in Dubuue Forest last week, but with 5000 acres, Dubuque has many many trails. Tony and I scouted the hike on Monday and we led it today. The only map we had… Continue reading