Monday, June 29, 2020

Music 2020...

Effort #27,  "In the Hall of the Mountain King"...  third cut from the Dark Heart Duo's Cleansing Spirits Session, recorded September 6th, 2019


Sunday, June 28, 2020

A hot & humid 6.4-miles in McLean mid-day.


Saturday, June 27, 2020

Drove to the Appalachian Trail in Canaan / Salisbury to continue from my end point of last week, Route 7 at the Housatonic River.

Completed the trip from Route 7 to the side trail for Limestone Spring Shelter - just after beginning to descend Mt Prospect.  Finished with 11-miles and managed to beat the rain by minutes...

Housatonic River at the Iron Bridge in Amesville

 Great Falls on the Housatonic River

Great Falls on the Housatonic River

Great Falls on the Housatonic River

Great Falls on the Housatonic River

Great Falls on the Housatonic River

Great Falls on the Housatonic River

Great Falls on the Housatonic River

Great Falls on the Housatonic River

Stonewall leading up Mt Prospect

View east from Mt Prospect 

View east from Mt Prospect 

Stonewall crossing trail on north-side of Prospect

Signage for Amesville

Housatonic looking north from Route 7 Bridge

Southeast view from Route 7 Bridge (Barrack Mtn & Lookout Point)

Marker on Bridge

Roadside Memorial along Route 44

Friday, June 26, 2020

Trail Run on the Metacomet - 3.5-miles from Phelps Road north.

Thursday, June 25, 2020

Mather Loop on an unexpectedly cool morning, before work.  5.2-miles.

Wednesday, June 24, 2020

Black Lizard / Vintage Crime #26 for 2020...

"The Alcoholics" from 1953, Big Jim Thompson rides through a recovery unit.

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Tuesday, June 23, 2020

On this day in 2012, Wuzzam and I completed a Metacomet Marathon, with a time of 7:00:00.  

Tippi ran the first section with us, from Route 20 to Phelps Road, and back (about 10.5-miles). 

Weather report was that heating up was very possible - so DL grabbed Tippi early.  

This was my 48th marathon completed.

Our Route for the Marathon Distance.

Monday, June 22, 2020

Music 2020...

Effort #26,  "The Internal and the External"...  Dark Heart Duo's second cut from the Cleansing Spirits Session, recorded September 6th, 2019


Sunday, June 21, 2020

Another hot day, even in the morning.  Took a mid-day jog in Tunxis for 4-miles.

... On this day in 1998, my Pop and I completed the 1st Greylock Centennial Marathon in Adams, Massachusetts.  Our time was 6:55:38.  This was a very difficult course, with 5 lengthy climbs.  This was my 21st marathon completed, and my dad's first.

Saturday, June 20, 2020

Back to the AT to tie-together the end of Wednesday's run which stopped at Mt Easter Road.

Parked at the AT Parking Lot on Route 7 right at the Housatonic River (and very close to where the northern end of the Mohawk Trail meets the AT).

This was a really good decision, as going out for the 5.2-miles really had most of the climb - the return trip would be much easier.  Which ended up being a help as the humidity and heat was pretty difficult to deal with.

Made Mt Easter Road at 5.2-miles and completed the trip at 10.25.  I left out the 2/10-mile of the field at the start/end and opted for the road at the end only.

Crested Mt Easter and Sharon Mountain, as well as Belters Bump.  Connected now from Route 4 to Route 7, and everything north of Route 41 to rejoin Route 7 in Mass.

Belters Bump

Hang Glider View (Limerock visible)

Looking west off Mt Easter

Stonework for a "hilly" section
  

Friday, June 19, 2020

Black Lizard / Vintage Crime #25 for 2020...

"The Heat's On" from 1966,Chester Himes continued tales of Coffin Ed and Gravedigger Jones.

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Thursday, June 18, 2020

3-mile run along Main Street at 8 a.m. before a trip to Adams.

Wednesday, June 17, 2020

Back to the Appalachian Trail in Connecticut, again in Sharon just outside Cornwall (went over the covered bridge today).

Parked on West Cornwall Road and ran south to Pine Knob and back for the first (roughly 6) miles.  Continued north to Mt Easter Road, and turned back for a grand total of 10-miles today in the bright sunlight (with no humidity really to speak of, and high '70's for temperatures).

View off Pine Knob

View off Pine Knob

Old Cellar Hole on AT

Stone Steps

Bridge over Carse Brook

Beaver Pond in the Emily Winthrop Miles Wildlife Audubon Sanctuary

Split through the stones

Trail squeezes through these stones

Standing Monolith along the AT

Tuesday, June 16, 2020

Black Lizard / Vintage Crime #24 for 2020...

"Shella" from 1993, a stand-alone novel by Andrew Vachss.

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Monday, June 15, 2020

Music 2020...

Effort #25,  "Exorcism of Evil"...  recorded with Evil on September 6th, 2019.  Lead piece from  the Dark Heart Duo's Cleansing Spirits Session.