Friday, March 22, 2013

New hiking area

A new hiking area...

I had a new place in mind that the boys and I were going to venture out into. I figured, if the area failed, then we could always return to one of our other spots near by. As we pulled into the parking area I noticed we had the place to ourselves, that is of course if no one living near by had hiked in. I decided we would walk the perimeter to get the most mileage and to get and idea of what the area was like.

Map of the area

We were all happy to be in a different area. The boys were exploring the area and all the different scents. You could just tell we we're all happy to be somewhere new!

Boys happy to be in a new area to explore

Me Happy and the sun in my eyes!
As we continued down our new path we encountered a very well-marked trial which went around the pond, followed a stream through some really nice forest and then continued to a ridge-line. It then dropped back down to the fields. The forest had a nice feel to it and it offered a lot of different types of vegetation and terrain.

Hikah along the stream

You think? Silly sign.
The boys and I at the pond

Swamp area
Nice running stream
Woodpecker tree and Hikah
Stream/wooded area
Variety of Conifers
We had perfect conditions. It was a little cold and a couple inches of snow covered the ground which I'd hope will keep the ticks away. The sun was out which made for a comfortable hike. This will go down as being one of my favorite areas, in Ma. It offers everything in an area (nice trails, pond, swamp, streams, ridge-line, terrain and vegetation) except an elevation view. Well... you just can't have it all! :)     Great time with my buds!

As always...(click on the pictures for a larger view)

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