We had a fine hike today in the glow of yesterday’s announcement of the defeat of the NED gas pipeline that all of us have been actively opposing. A moderately dry terrain with a loop trail at the end, around an old stone quarry, and beautiful clear brooks and pools scattered throughout. We saw a… Continue reading

This 4 or more mile hike was so darn good! Spring is starting to show itself, and we were in high gear exploring it. At first the trails were along old, wonderful, stonewall lined roads, then into the woods we went. We were like kids when we spotted our first red trillium, and yellow violet… Continue reading

Heavy rain was predicted. We got a 9:45 start on the Beaver Pond Loop trail that surprised us with so much snow and ice. Only 5 of us ventured out today but we 5 had such a good hike together, moving faster than usual to beat the rain, but still stopping to explore interesting things… Continue reading