Today’s 3 1/2 mile hike was through gorgeous forest land with lots of streams, rock formations, glacial erratics, varied trails, a stand of healthy hemlocks with over 2 1/2 ft diameters, and some truly magnificent pines. Fungi are starting to pop up: we saw Indian pipes and the fairy tale red mushroom of children’s books that are best left uneaten:)
The first bridge of the day was a hewn log with a wooden railing.
After a brown bag lunch (I had avocado and garden arugula on toasted whole wheat), we planned to continue on to a another wooden bridge … but that bridge had totally collapsed ! Some fallen tree trunks helped us make our way across the slippery rocks of the stream below it..
3 years ago, when we hiked this same trail in late February, we were unable to find a good stream crossing and ended up wading across a really wide part of Dunbar Brook over our knees in freezing water. So we wrote a letter to DCR that a bridge was sorely need. We found out that they had finally built one and when it we saw it today it was beyond our wildest dreams: A high tech bridge so gleaming that it almost hurt our eyes. Thank you, DCR for listening to our plea for that new bridge.
A dwarf RattleSnake Plantain was found and greatly admired. The day ended with spotting some red berries on Solomon’s Seal. A long drive back home to the Conway Pond for a plunge into its cool waters. Ah it was wonderful. With love to all of you, Penny
The first bridge of the day was a hewn log with a wooden railing.
After a brown bag lunch (I had avocado and garden arugula on toasted whole wheat), we planned to continue on to a another wooden bridge … but that bridge had totally collapsed ! Some fallen tree trunks helped us make our way across the slippery rocks of the stream below it..
3 years ago, when we hiked this same trail in late February, we were unable to find a good stream crossing and ended up wading across a really wide part of Dunbar Brook over our knees in freezing water. So we wrote a letter to DCR that a bridge was sorely need. We found out that they had finally built one and when it we saw it today it was beyond our wildest dreams: A high tech bridge so gleaming that it almost hurt our eyes. Thank you, DCR for listening to our plea for that new bridge.
A dwarf RattleSnake Plantain was found and greatly admired. The day ended with spotting some red berries on Solomon’s Seal. A long drive back home to the Conway Pond for a plunge into its cool waters. Ah it was wonderful. With love to all of you, Penny
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