by adventuretoward | Sep 7, 2017 | Connecticut, Massachusetts, New England Trail 2017, Trail Journals
Today’s destination: Spruce Brook Road. So, the day started out well but ended up tough. You know, so much of long-distance hiking is mental. To recap, our itinerary called for 21.2 miles. Since I was hiking 30-35 on the Ice Age Trail, and 25 on the Florida and...
by adventuretoward | Sep 8, 2017 | Connecticut, Massachusetts, New England Trail 2017, Trail Journals
Today our itinerary called for hiking to Spruce Brook Road. But first of all, Happy Birthday to me! I’m fortunate to be able to spend yet another birthday hiking along a National Scenic Trail. I was on the Ice Age Trail on my birthday in 2013 and 2015. I guess...
by adventuretoward | Sep 9, 2017 | Connecticut, Massachusetts, New England Trail 2017, Trail Journals
Heading to Long Bottom Road today. It was another beautiful day on the trail, with temps in the low 70s and sunny skies. We drove to the day’s starting point, a parking lot across the highway from a reservoir. It was packed, as the trails here are popular for...
by adventuretoward | Sep 10, 2017 | Connecticut, Massachusetts, New England Trail 2017, Trail Journals
Heading out from Sunrise Park today, it was crisp and cool. And as soon as we started hiking, we ran into a large group of hikers. The hikers were part of a club and/or Meet-Up group. One woman in the group had lived in Appleton, Wis., for a while, so it was fun to...
by adventuretoward | Sep 11, 2017 | Connecticut, Massachusetts, New England Trail 2017, Trail Journals
Today we were heading out from East Mountain Wildlife Management Area back toward Sunrise Park. So, every day on the trail is interesting. And this was definitely one of those days! We started off from East Mountain in Massachusetts, which was a little weird. Due to...
by adventuretoward | Sep 12, 2017 | Connecticut, Massachusetts, New England Trail 2017, Trail Journals
Today’s itinerary called for hiking from Lake Holland to the East Mountain Wildlife Management Area. But just when you think you’ve had your hardest hiking day, you haven’t. So yeah, today was slated to be a great day. We’d planned to hike up...