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.
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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!
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Boys happy to be in a new area to explore |
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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.
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Hikah along the stream |
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You think? Silly sign. |
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The boys and I at the pond |
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Swamp area |
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Nice running stream |
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Woodpecker tree and Hikah |
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Stream/wooded area |
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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...
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