Platt Road Promenade

Happy New Year!  Eleven of us with 4 dogs, walked on Platt Rd which was very icy.  One of us
fell down and several had close calls so we turned around and ended up walking on Thrasher Rd which was well cleared.  I call it a promenade since this road has many Cornish colony homes which were built in the late 1800s, early 1900s and are very large and remind me of places where people stroll.

The weather was mighty cold, it was 3 degrees when we started out and only 10 a little over an hour later. Only one of us wore yak traks, what were the rest of us thinking?

Well we ended the year as a hardy bunch and a larger group, it may be more common to have 15 of us on a walk.

No cameras. Seven of us went out for coffee after to warm up and enjoy each others company. That is the brief report to end the year.  More snow coming so snowshoeing again next week

Whitaker Walk

This Thursday we walked from the town garage, down Penniman Road and then up Whitaker Rd, the big hill and on to its end at RT 120.  We go by a former dairy farm  and on the way back see views of Killington and Pica Peaks.  However it was snowing so no views to share.  There were 7 of us walking the day after Christmas and three dogs.  Poor Jake, a black lab, had walked earlier and he was quite lame but he is a brave soul!  We probably walked a little less than 4 miles total as we retraced our steps once we arrived at Rt 120.

I'm adding 2 photos of us, one of Cathy catching up as she was a bit late for the prompt walkers and one of the group bundled up in the snow.

Snowshoe Shuffle

An exciting time this week.  We received 12 inches of nice powdery snow so we set out on snowshoes and made great trails for others to use since the leaders were breaking  the trail.  There were 13 of us and 3 dogs. We walked  at Hawkride Farm on Jenney Rd in Meriden which has beautiful views.  I need to go back and take a few photos to post as I didn't have a camera with me and neither did anyone else.

After very low temperatures on Tuesday of -17 we had warmer weather. It was about 10 degrees at 9:30 and it was very sunny so we warmed up fast.  We need to come back in the Spring to see the wildflowers and birds. But the views are at their best this time of year.

We snowshoed for an hour, then  warmed up in Myra's kitchen with a wood stove and great coffee or tea.

What a way to celebrate the holiday season!  Now it is raining so back to roads until we get more snow.

Cookie Swap Season

Today there were 15 of us I think and no dogs.  Twelve of us walked the Moulton Trail from High Street to the Meriden Bird Sanctuary and back.  It is a nice up and down woods trail and though it was sunny it was also cold!  We walked about 1 hour and fifteen minutes.

Then we went to Penny's house on High Street for coffee, tea and lots of choices of cookies that we all brought and mostly baked ourselves.

We are walking throughout the Christmas season but not on Wednesdays.

No photos today.  No exciting sightings either.  Just lots of talking while hiking and after while eating!