Bay Circuit Trail Section 7A

| May 30, 2017

6.36 miles; Andover, MA Okay, so I originally planned this as a long 14-mile section, and when I changed my mind and decided to break it in two, I didn’t feel like re-numbering all the rest, hence 7A. This was an interesting section, what with multiple eskers and a cemetery and a kangaroo crossing and […]

Bay Circuit Trail Section 6

| May 23, 2017

Bay Circuit Trail Section 6

10.85 miles; North Andover and Andover, MA Today’s hike was by far the best section to date. The Harold Parker State Forest was absolutely beautiful. It reminded me a lot of Arcadia. And that was only the beginning 3 miles or so.  And got my first glimpse of the Boston skyline. And at one point the […]

Narragansett Trail Section 2

| May 21, 2017

Narragansett Trail Section 2

3.5 miles; North Stonington, CT This was the second section of the PCHC’s Narragansett Trail traverse (for some background on the trail, see my post about Section 1). We had an absolutely beautiful day, and I FOUND RAMPS! I was so excited and happy about this, but no, I’m not going to say exactly where they […]

Bay Circuit Trail Section 5

| May 16, 2017

10.1 miles; Boxford, Middleton, and North Andover, MA I certainly won’t say this will be a favorite section once I look back on this adventure. Firstly, it was a little heavy on road-walking. Which could have been forgiven, had there not been so darned much water in the trail. I was fording lakes and rivers […]

Bay Circuit Trail Section 4

| May 11, 2017

10.61 miles; Ipswich, Rowley, Georgetown, and Boxford, MA This was a long section, made longer still by a portion of the trail which was flooded by a beaver dam (you will notice beavers are kind of a theme in this post). Aside from the road-walking-heavy detour, however, it was mostly in the woods. This section passed […]

Bay Circuit Trail Section 3

| May 3, 2017

Bay Circuit Trail Section 3

6.32 miles; Rowley and Ipswich, MA Oh, well done, Bay Circuit Trail! This is the first of my BCT hikes that was entirely in the woods. I went through town land, what looked like a developer’s easement, conservation land and a large state forest. Only crossed 1 road. This was a great hike! It was […]