Thursday Hikers

We really look forward to our blueberry picking day at the Bensen Place so very high up in the hills of Heath and so full of some of our best memories together. The two handled metal rakes are both efficient and fun to use. We picked 63 pounds of ripe low bush berries today, far… Continue reading

Only 5 of us today on a trail we love and have hiked in all seasons. It surprised and delighted us that so many wildflowers were in perfect bloom. Blue Chicory (Tony’s favorite), Maiden Pink, Bladder Campion, many tall grasses going to seed and many more. Hume Trail, like others of the trails we love,… Continue reading

Accompanied by Mike’s Border Collie, we spent a really great day up in “Tony’s” woods clearing trails and having a fine day of fun together. A visit to Tony’s family memorial stones found a really big tree had fallen right on top of Tony’s stone (third photo). We’ll hire a local man we know to… Continue reading

Deb and I had a really good time exploring with Mike, delightful new owner. The GayWings are dong fine, the Lady Slipper are more scattered about but looking good. Mike got to know Bluets. They were growing right in the woods with such a petty little white violet …a really tiny little thing. Border Collie… Continue reading

Only 2.3 miles but so many discoveries and so much fun that it took us 3 hours to hike it. So many trails to choose from and so well led by hiker Lissa. First photo is a red shoot on Rosa Rugosa, a signal that it has a virus that is now killing the Rosa… Continue reading

Oh the wind and the cold! but once into the woods, the wind doesn’t seem so fierce. We took a short 1.7 mile walk in the very pretty woods behind friend Gwen’s house. Gwen, once an AMC hiker and full of knowledge of trails in our area, has had some serious health setbacks. We took… Continue reading

Because of my mossy green jacket, I got to pose solo at the falls in honor of St. Patrick’s Day! Luck of the Irish was working for me I guess. This is a beautiful place that I wish you all could see. Photos don’t capture it. We took the lower trail that eventually goes across… Continue reading

Amazing fun on this 4.2 mile hike in perfect weather after such a cold, dark, windy, wet day yesterday. Everyone was in high spiirits. Joe, Conrad and Bob took a dare and finally got up to the top of a rock we’ve always loved and have always taken pjotos of ourselves in front of. The… Continue reading

How was it possible to have so much fun given such cheerless weather and trail conditions? The trails were uneven, colorless, icy, and with a lot of big trees that had been blown down by winter winds. Not a single ray of sunshine was there to cheer things up along those 3.1 miles of trails.… Continue reading