This will go down as one of our best hikes ever. Temperature in the upper 30s, great footing on frozen snow with spikes on our feet, and a tremendous number of animal tracks We felt that, as homo sapiens, we really were a minority group. Of course, Deb was sporting her new Daniel Boone hat so she might have passed as a raccoon?? A small stream had such pretty ice formations – twigs had been encased in ice in a way we hadn’t ever noticed before. After 2 1/2 miles of long uphills and long downhills (Deb had a “gadget that tracked such information) we were still far from out destination of Mary Lyons’ birthplace so we turned back and retraced our way. 2 1/2 miles back to the cars. It was so full of fun. Last photo is by a hard to read Franklin Land Trust sign that declares this land is “Protected Forever”. Amen to that! Lots of love, Penny 
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