2011 Adventure VI

Date of Adventure: Sun. 18 Sept. 2011


Type of Adventure: Hike


Place of Adventure: Moosalamoo


Length of Adventure, miles: 5


Length of Adventure, hours: 4.5


Weather: Warm, sunny, light breeze, clear sky, temps in 60s, perfect fall day.


Companions: Colyn


Other Adventurers Encountered: A couple with a dog, and a single hiker at the 1st trailhead. A couple hiking at the 2nd trailhead. Signs of a wedding at the rock near the top of the hill in the blueberry patch.

Notes of Interest: 1. What a beautiful fall day for a hike. The view from the blueberry patch must be one of my favorites. 2. There didn't seem to be much damage from Hurricane Irene except in the last section as you swing around the west side of Hogback mountain trail. 3. Along the section near the 2nd trailhead there were a lot of small trees/bushes with some kind of berry. The berry was about the size of a pea, champagne colored, hard, and in clusters. When it was ripe (I think ripe) it was dark and mushy. 4. The 2nd trailhead has a great place to pitch a tent. Near the river, flat, not in a field, and well away from the parking area. I will have to make a point to camp there next year.

Photo: About a 200* view looking west from the blueberry field on Hogback Mt. Trail.

2011 Adventure IV

Date of Adventure: Fri. 16 Sept. 2011

Type of Adventure: Hike

Place of Adventure: East Wallingford App/Long Trail/Beaver Pond

Length of Adventure, miles: ?

Length of Adventure, hours: 1.5

Weather: Temps around 60, sunny, light breeze. Great hiking weather. Trail mostly dry, except where it is usually wet. This trail doesn't look like it received any damage from the hurricane flooding.

Companions: Colyn

Other Adventurers Encountered: None

Notes of Interest: 1. The remains of a beaver dam are still there, but the dam itself is not holding any water. There is a piddly little puddle of water. The rest of what used to be under water is mostly walkable if you're careful. 2. Could not clearly find the old cabin structure, but I didn't go bushwacking to find it, either. I think its there, but I cannot say for sure.

Photo: The area of the former beaver pond. Most of the visible area was under water a couple years ago. The beaver damn was (and the remains still are) to the far right out of the frame.

2011 Aventure V

Date of Adventure: Sat. 17 Sept. 2011


Type of Adventure: Hike

Place of Adventure: Pond Woods WMA


Length of Adventure, miles: ?


Length of Adventure, hours: 1.5


Weather: Warm, temps in the 60s. Sunny. Very comfortable. Trail was wet in several places.


Companions: Colyn


Other Adventurers Encountered: None


Notes of Interest: 1. My first trip along this "trail." I started at the picnic area and found a little footpath into the woods. It is clearly a place of teenage gathering because there were beer/soda cans, food wrappers, etc. I followed the footpath until it disappeared, then followed a stone wall until I reached a wide roadbed. The road didn't have any logical beginning or end. I ended up reaching an old swampy bog that was mostly dried up. 2. Suffered 3 hornet stings.