Penniman/Underhill Update

Yesterday on a cold late February Wednesday  eleven hardy walkers and two dogs met at the town garage. We walked a slightly different route, taking Penniman to Underhill and then walking to RT 120 and turning around to walk back to Penniman. We then walked to the Cornish town line and turned around and went back to the town garage.  The beautiful Franklin fields on Penniman are always a treat to see.  This is slightly under a five mile walk.  The dirt roads are icy but they sure beat the trails.  Rain in february is NOT appreciated by anyone because of the ice when everything freezes up again.

Many of us went to Marys to have coffee in her warm kitchen.  Next week roads again unless we get lots of snow!

Farnum Trail Trek

Today there were nine of us and three dogs.  We were back on snow shoes  as there is a lot of snow in the woods.  We started at Pam's house  on Columbus Jordan Road  and went on trails behind her house and then we crossed over to join the Farnum Trails on the other side of the road.  Beautiful trails and a nice Oak and Pine forest.  After 1 1/2 hours, most of us walked back to Pam's on the road but two opted to follow trails back

Then we had coffee and goodies at Pam's in her beautiful sun filled  living room. Though there was no sun and it started to snow again.  Some of us are a little sick of snow but it sure was nice out in the woods  today!  And the snow beats rain which is in the forecast for Sunday :(

Croydon Turnpike/ Chase Pond Climb

Today there were only five of us and no animals.  We met at the end of the turnpike (which is a deadend dirt road these days ) and walked on fairly wide snowmobile trails for about an hour. We went past Chase Pond which is a large and pristine looking pond.  No houses to be seen. We decided to not walk on the pond on the way back but to retrace our steps.  The weather was cold and very sunny. We started at 5 degrees and ended two hours later at only 10 degrees.

We will be back before Spring.  There were 5 snowmobiles who passed us , they must see some beautiful country back here.  No roads, a few mountains and Corbin Game Park are about it.

Two Weeks Worth

Last week 13 of us and five dogs walked on Porter Rd.  We started at 10 AM as it was cold again but once you start walking you don't notice the cold.  This walk starts at a cul de sac so we usually  don't get traffic,  someone was driving along looking for a lost dog but we didn't see one.  This is the walk with the three alpacas.  We have seen owls before but not this time.

This week we went from Helens house to Moses Pond.   This is a woods trail and with very little snow easy walking with good boots or yak tracs.  It took about 1 1/2 hours.  We started at 9 AM even though it was only 10 degrees but it was so sunny, it warmed up fast.  There were 10 of us and 3 dogs.  We went on Tuesday because of a snowstorm predicted for Wednesday which happened!

This walk is one of my favorites.  So peaceful.  The pond is large and only one house on it. Seen at a distance. Several walked on the ice, then back to Helens for coffee!  A loop trail is in the works to connect with the Spencer Lot.  We will try it out in the future.

I took some photos so check back. The pond and one house in the distance.