Easter Sunday run at Bear Hole in fifty-degree temps and sunny.
5.8-miles at 5.5 mph pace. Pretty good after yesterday's 13-miles.
Got a decently early start at Granville, hoping to use some of the forest roads I'd noticed on an old topographical map. I designed a "sort of" loop that would be about 10-miles.
The running went extremely well, with an average speed of over 5 mph right up to about mile 9. Then, I ran into some serious logging activity that pretty much ruined the old forest road I had been on in May of 2010. I tried some optional paths, which were ORV made, and those were not great as they tended to loop into loops and were nothing much other than mud bogs. The route may have been called Mud Bog Trail, actually.
I made it back to the car in 12.9-miles, and 4.9 average for mph. Pretty close to 12-minute miles for the duration, which kept me happy.
Most of the route was on old forest and perhaps watershed property, with a couple miles past Howell Pond as paved. The paved section was nice, with only a house or two through the entire section, so pretty remote. The logging section was the only disappointment.
Drove out to Tolland, Massachusetts, right at the Granville border on Route 57. I had been noticing a forest road (gated) that appeared to be part of the Hull Forest network. As happens often, I was curious whether this connected to anything within the "circled world".
There were many warnings of shooting and firearms, and after completing this adventure I now know why. Starting from about a mile in, there are numerous hunting blinds / tree stands. Many of these.
The road was really good running, and a sidepath lead me down to Hall Pond, which looked fantastic.
I explored many side-trails, but these either looped back to the main forest road or ended at another tree stand, so not much use going foreward.
Ended with 6.9-miles.
Having been born in 1962, and liking and listening to music from the early sixties onward, I thought it might be fun to attempt a listing of my favorite albums each year since birth.
The initial post for this series of ideas began on December 26th, 2023. You can look it up....
I present my favorite Jazz albums of 1965...
Jazz Albums released 1965:
1. John Coltrane A Love Supreme
2. Rashaan Roland Kirk Rip Rig and Panic
3. Larry Young Unity
4. Miles Davis E.S.P.
5. Joe Henderson In 'n Out
6. Pharoah Saunders Pharoahs First
7. Albert Ayler Spiritual Unity
8. Dexter Gordon One Flight Up
9. Jackie McLean Consequences
10. Sam Rivers Fuchsia Swing Song
Jazz Honorable Mentions, 1965:
11. Grant Green and Larry Young I Want to Hold Your Hand
12. Jackie McLean Right Now
13. Wayne Shorter Soothsayer
14. Archie Shepp Fire Music
15. Sam Rivers Contours
16. Don Cherry Complete Communion
17. Lee Morgan Cornbread
18. Sun Ra The Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra, Volume One & Two
19. Wayne Shorter The All Seeing Eye
20. Jackie McLean Jackknife
Drove to Adams early to visit the folks.
Did a bit of exploring on the way, checking some snowmobile crossings in Cummington, tying to tie some things together for the future. Seems like I noticed some things that might work.
After a lengthy visit with my parents, we loaded 50 Bales of Hay onto Pop's Chevy and we drove in tandem to the auction in Whately for unloading. Another fine visit.
Having been born in 1962, and liking and listening to music from the early sixties onward, I thought it might be fun to attempt a listing of my favorite albums each year since birth.
The initial post for this series of ideas began on December 26th, 2023. You can look it up....
This time, I present my favorite albums of 1965...
Albums released 1965
1. Jackson C. Frank Jackson C. Frank
2. The Fugs The Fugs First Album
3. John Fahey The Transfiguration of Blind Joe Death
4. The Who My Generation
5. Them The Angry Young Them (US)
6. The Sonics Here Are The Sonics
7. Bob Dylan Bringing It All Back Home
8. The Pretty Things The Pretty Things
9. The Kinks Kinkdom (US)
10. Fred Neil Bleecker & MacDougal
Honorable Mentions (11 thru 20)
11. The Yardbirds Having a Rave Up with The Yardbirds (US)
12. The Kinks The Kink Kontroversy
13. Bert Jansch Bert Jansch
14. Bob Dylan Highway 61 Revisited
15. Vince Guaraldi A Charlie Brown Christmas
16. The Zombies Begin Here
17. The Animals Animal Tracks (US)
18. Beatles Rubber Soul
19. The Rolling Stones Out of Our Heads
20. The Pretty Things Get the Picture?
21. Richard Farina and Mimi Farina Celebrations For a Grey Day
22. The Beau Brummels Introducing The Beau Brummels
23. Beatles Help!
24. The Rolling Stones December's Children (And Everybody's (US)
25. The Paul Butterfield Blues Band The Paul Butterfield Blues Band
26. The Byrds Mr. Tambourine Man
27. Donovan Fairytale
28. Beau Brummels The Beau Brummels, Volume 2
29. The Yardbirds For Your Love
30. The Hollies Hollies
31. The Byrds Turn! Turn! Turn!
32. Donovan What's Bin Did and What's Bin Hid
33. The Lovin' Spoonful Do You Believe in Magic
Jazz Albums released 1965 (coming soon)
Jazz Honorable Mentions (coming soon)
Exited work early enough to drive to Granville and manage a decent 8.7-miles.
I tried to explore a bit off Old Westfield Road, exploring the Tillotson Brook basin up toward Tice Hollow Road and the intersection with Sullivan Road
A magnificent Waterfall revealed itself on Tillotson, along with some interesting stonework..
Joined the gang for a run from Crow Hill in Stafford, with aspirations to hit a turnaround point at The Trustee's of Reservations "Peaked Mountain" site.
Old Goat and I managed 5.6-miles, and a successful finding of Peaked's Peak.
K2 & JF got close to "Rattlesnake" Peak, with a nice effort at the finish.
"High Points" along trails during February 2024...
Trying like a beast...
Weekly drive to Adams for a visit with the folks.
Early on I stopped in Windsor at Notchview Reservation to complete a 2.2-mile jog on Hume Road and Hume Brook Trail before the final destination in Adams.
Had a great visit with my folks including DL's homemade macaroni and cheese, with Kielbasa slices from Perkarski's.
On the drive home, I stopped in Cummington to explore the snowmobile trail from Route 9 toward Dodwell's Road (which I had been on once before, with Tippi, on February 25, 2008).
I managed another 2.7-miles round trip, but came up short on completing the route to Dodwell.
The snowmobile trail was lost at roughly the high point of land, in a meadow that was fairly grown in with briars.
Looks like I will need to try again and look at the Dodwell entry point, but with the two combined efforts I managed 4.9-miles of jogging through some awesome woods.