than we thought. We took the Bill Ballard Trail to School House Lane. This is about an hour hike up and another hour down following the Charles Brown Brook. From there you can hike to the "Grand Canyon" of Norwich which we plan to do next week from Parcel 5, a different parking lot 1.4 miles further than the swimming hole turnoff.
The swimming hole is no more thanks to Hurricane Irene. The dam and waterfall further up was damaged and is yet to be fixed. I took a picture of 7 of us and also of the waterfall. Further up we had to cross a side brook and I ended up getting one foot in the brook. Fortunately I had an extra pair of socks with me.
5 of us had a wonderful lunch at King Arthur Flour after but next week we will bring a lunch with us so we can explore more of the trails. Need Orange hats and vests and hiking poles. The week after is shot gun season for deer so we will walk along the Connecticut in Hanover where there is no hunting, yet we can be in the woods.
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