The parking lot at DAR was snow and ice free so I felt a bit foolish wearing spikes but, because of my hip, I didn’t want to take a chance if there might be ice on any of the woodland trails. And oh my there sure was ice!!! We shared hiking poles and Conrad helped… Continue reading

The weather man forgot that today was to be our annual New Year’s hike, potluck lunch, and bonfire at the DAR. So not to be smitten, we drove through the freezing rain and snow and gathered at Donna and Tom’s house with our gourmet potluck offerings, plenty of tea and desserts, and a hilarious quiz… Continue reading

“Water, Water, Everywhere” including on all 2.7 miles of our trails today. The temperature was 42 degrees, and we felt as it we must be hiking on a Spring day in March. We were mostly on the Boggy Meadow and Middle Path trails. There’s a nifty side trail that goes over from Middle Path Trail… Continue reading

This was a short 2.1 mile hike on mostly flat, beautiful trails at the base of Mt. Sugarloaf. There were only 6 of us: Nancy, Elaine, Conrad, Lissa, Joe and myself and we really enjoyed this “laid back” hike together. Right at the start of the hike we heard, then saw two Pileated Woodpeckers up… Continue reading