Welcome Hikers!
This past week, Deb and I decided to postpone our Saturday hike for another time because we still have allot of work to do on our vacant apartment, but at the last minute, our plans fell through. But because we at first said we couldn't go, Sof made other plans. So when we eventually said we could go, it was too late for Sof to join us on our hike. We missed you Sof!
Deb and I met Rob in Norwich, and after leisurely morning greetings, we packed into my truck and headed off to Salmon River in Colchester.
The weather was fairly warm, but it wasn't extremely humid. There also were hardly any bugs, thank God. At the start, Deb and I suggested to Rob that we wanted to push ourselves a little extra this time around, so Rob set the pace at a moderately quick one. We did catch our breath after the hills, but all in all, we got a very good work-out.
The trail starts out crossing the Comstock covered bridge, and then goes up hill almost right away. We all were fresh at the beginning, obviously, and we quickly climbed to the top, huffing and puffing at the end. The second hill came quickly, however. By the time we reached it's peak, Deb and I were exhausted. Rob didn't look very winded, but he hides it well.
We eventually made it to the start of the North Loop trail, where we hiked around to the pond and back again. During our adventures, we were amazed at the size of the below mushroom, which I took a few pictures of.
Bill even sent me a tidbit of information about that mushroom...
Joe that mushroom was a "Pinnale"; very highly valued by Italians. They kill for these. It looks prime for the picking; you cut them off of the trunk leaving a little behind for it to grow back. Bill"We eventually had our weeky latte at the Starbucks in Colchester, and lunch at our old-stand-by, Ruby-Tuesday's in Norwich.
ok, everyone, see you all next week!
Joe
