Some people “section hike” trails like the Appalachian Trial
or the Long Trail rather than doing it start to finish. They do one section at
one time and come back and do another section some other time until they
complete the whole trail. Well Barbara
“section hiked” the trail from the campground to the day use area to Otter River
State Forest.
HIKE 1 was that hike that Barbara took along the lake from
the campground to the day use area watching the ducks. (See previous post.)
Both of us did HIKE 2 (most of the 2 mile part) when we
followed letterbox clues from Otter River State Forest. We hiked a long ways
following the clues, getting all the boxes, but when we were done getting boxes
we turned around to go back to the car.
HIKE 3 put the two hikes together by hiking from the day use
area to where we left off after letterboxing. We found out that we were about
10 minutes away from completing the hike when we turned around. Total, it was
probably close to 5 miles since we did it in both directions and added trails
to the campground and parking lot.
It was a great time to spot wildflowers. Here are just a few.
And wildlife.
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| snake |
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| toad |
With the campground emptying after the Memorial Day weekend
we were able to move to a campsite near the water.
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| Lake Dennison, Winchendon MA |
