Thursday Hikers

Great weather for hiking. But my camera battery had no charge, so I missed taking photos. Lissa sent me this one of us going over a large (tilting) bridge so I could send you something. The trails were varied: from single file to 4 abreast. Climbing and descending. No signs of spring other than that Continue reading

With a light rain falling, we covered 3.1 miles on Fitzgerald Lake trails up behind RockRidge Retirement Community. Our friend Gwen, once a hiker full of energy, now lives at RockRIdge in their Memory Unit. Just a very few photos were taken today, mostly at a wildlife blind where we got in from the rain Continue reading

First photo is from Tuesday when (new hiker) Bob and I scouted trails above Rock Ridge Retirement Community for the purpose of showing you how icy the trails still were last week. Our dear friend Gwen now lives in the Memory Unit at Rock RIdge. She was an intrepid hiker on any trail all over Continue reading

There we are, dwarfed by a Swamp Oak, and having another good day together at Look Park. We walked there because there is still so much ice and deep snow on the woodland trails. At Look Park we walk on plowed blacktop roads, all beautifully landscaped. We repeated a scenic loop 3 times and ended Continue reading

We walked at Look Park today for about an hour on blacktop roads just so we could be together again. We haven’t been able get out hiking for 2 weeks because of weaher conditions. There are 3 feet of layers alternating between ice and snow and it’s very hard to walk on. My leg went Continue reading

20 degrees, 3.1 miles, wind and some sun on familiar trails with good snow cover. Some streams were frozen over and others had a bit of open water. Two fields to trek through, one a former blueberry picking place. But the wind really blew hard on us when we were in the fields and it Continue reading

Brrrrr. Too cold to take gloves off for photo taking, so here’s just one from today’s jolly hike. Probably the cold had a lot to do with the fun we had…after all we were surviving together! Actually, though, the temperature eventually rose to 14 above and there was not much wind so, although not balmy, Continue reading

We were in “old stomping grounds” today at the Bryant Estate’s Rivulet and Pine Loop Trails. We’ve hiked here in all seasons. Pine loop has some of the largest old growth trees in the northeast and it is wonderful to hike through them.And it was another day for Needle Ice!! Bob’s foot went way down Continue reading

Blustery winds of 17 mph with a temperature around 25 degrees set the scene for our 1.8 mile hike today. The trails here are very pretty. They also have plenty of mature trees to help slow down some of the wind gusts. Needle ice was plentiful. It’s something we always love finding. It forms when Continue reading

Station Road is a favorite hiking place in Conway. Early in the 1900s the rivers in Conway provided abundant water power that made Conway a hub of manufacturing. A railroad provided transportation of those goods to the valley below. A trolly connected the railroad depot to the center of the town: its old route is Continue reading