Pachaug, Hell Hollow, North Loop

| March 5, 2012

Pachaug, Hell Hollow, North Loop

★★★★½  3.5 miles excellent hike for the most part anyway. very hikey, probably 85:15 hikey:walkey. climby not too bad. there is a lot of atv activity on both flat rock road and the quinnebaug trail, so it’s pretty eroded and rocky. not the best walking surface. but i still enjoyed the hike very much. flat […]

Connecticut College Arboretum

| March 4, 2012

Connecticut College Arboretum

★★★  2.17 miles pretty enough place, but too small and tame for my tastes. 100% walkey, little to no climby. did, however, find 2 geocaches, so there was that.

Francis Carter Preserve

| March 2, 2012

Francis Carter Preserve

★★★★½  2.88 miles was pressed for time today, so only able to do a brief revisit to this wonderful property. took a couple of loops i missed last time, and saw a pretty little lake, and then the amtrak train went by so close it was almost spectral… ghost train running through the woods. very […]