This week, Deb and I were on our own, so we decided to hike somewhat close to home, but not too close...
We were planning on going hiking on Saturday, but we were just too busy, so we ended up doing it on Sunday morning instead.
We got up a little late, and then leisured out of the house at about 10am or so. We were at a Christmas party at Maureen and Brian's house till pretty late, so we really enjoyed the extra time getting ready without having any time constraints. So, we were at our chosen trailhead, located at the intersection of Shetucket Turnpike and Pachaug Trail at about 10:45am, after taking a detour so that Deb can use the facilities at the Pachaug Camping Area.
We headed north, past Dawley Pond, and then over a very thin, and long, double-log walking bridge which crosses a dam at Great Meadow Pond. We snapped some pictures and then continued north. The ground was a little wet, and there was patches of snow cover everywhere, but not over the grass in most places. We then continued on at a fairly quick walking pace on a private dirt road, then over to the Porter Pond camping area. At this point we decided to continue heading north and to lengthen our hike by going up to see the scenic overlook at the end of Pharisee Rock Trail. That added a few extra miles to our planned hike, so we knew we would be pretty tired by the time we were finished.
We reached our midpoint at approximately 1pm, took a few pictures, and then decided to pick up the pace a bit to try to get out of the woods by 3pm. We pretty much maintained our pace and ended up making it back to our car at 10 minutes till 3. All told, we hiked 12.8 miles in about 4 hours, according to the distances published in the Connecticut Walk Book.
I don't know about Deb, but my legs feel it more this week than any other hike we've done.
ok, see everyone next week,
p.s.
We missed everyone this week!
Joe
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