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...
by adventuretoward | Sep 13, 2017 | Connecticut, Massachusetts, New England Trail 2017, Trail Journals
We began our day heading out from Quabbin Reservoir, the largest inland body of water in Massachusetts. And guess what? It turned out to be one of the most enjoyable days on the trail, despite the fact that we were covering a lot of miles (about 23). That’s...
by adventuretoward | Sep 14, 2017 | New England Trail 2017, Trail Journals
Today’s hike was from Alexander Hill Road to Quabbin Reservoir. And this hike, plus tomorrow’s hike, were supposed to be shorter and easier. So today’s hike was slated at about 17 or 18 miles. I didn’t have the exact mileage because the...