Bonus images - more from the Great Circle Route at Tunxis!

Wuzzam on Third Climb along the "Mile of Ledges"

Wuzzam on Third Climb along the "Mile of Ledges"

Wuzzam on Third Climb along the "Mile of Ledges"

Wuzzam on Third Climb along the "Mile of Ledges"

Wuzzam on Third Climb along the "Mile of Ledges"

Wuzzam on Third Climb along the "Mile of Ledges"

Wuzzam on Third Climb along the "Mile of Ledges"

Wuzzam on Third Climb along the "Mile of Ledges"

Wuzzam on Third Climb along the "Mile of Ledges"

Wuzzam on Third Climb along the "Mile of Ledges"

Wuzzam on Third Climb along the "Mile of Ledges"

 Bonus images - more from the Great Circle Route at Tunxis!

The "Bear Den"

The "Bear Den"

The "Bear Den"

The "Bear Den"

The "Bear Den"

The "Bear Den"

The "Bear Den"

The "Bear Den"

The "Bear Den"

The "Bear Den"

The "Bear Den"

The "Bear Den"

The "Bear Den"

The "Bear Den"

The "Bear Den"

The "Bear Den"

The "Bear Den"

The "Bear Den"

3-mile run along Main Street in the morning prior to work.

Bonus images - more from the Great Circle Route at Tunxis!

Wuzzam on Second Climb along the "Mile of Ledges"

Wuzzam on Second Climb along the "Mile of Ledges"

Wuzzam on Second Climb along the "Mile of Ledges"

Wuzzam on Second Climb along the "Mile of Ledges"

Music 2020...

Effort #44,  "Night is Coming"...  the second recording from September 12th, 2020 session, known collectively as the "Ground Down" E.P.

Wuzzam, the Old Goat, and Hill-Billiage joined me for a Tour de Burlington along branches of the Tunxis Trail.  It ends up being a modified Tunxis Ultra Loop, with the two "out-and-backs" removed.  The wayz we do it, flowz better in a great big circle.

It was hard to figure what the distance would be, especially with removing a couple parts, but I got 17.5-miles on my gps.  We finished total time of 4:58 or so.

Great weather (dry, somewhat sunny, and 43-degrees).  Leaves were not too bad for the most part due to the heavy Mtn Bike usage on many of these trails.  The "High-Lights" were as follows:

• The Wall
• Hemenway Lookout
• Mile of Ledges
• Bear's Den
• The Tory Cave
• State Trout Hatchery
• Devils Kitchen

Definitely a run I would like to do again.  Two water drops worked out just fine.

I have a series of photographs of some of the scrambling we did, mostly of Wuzzam, which I will post going forward over time.

Beginnings

 5.2-miles on the Kent/Mather Loop before a dental cleaning.

 3.9-miles in Cowles Park after work, just finished before dark set in.

From the Archives...

Mt Washington State Forest Marathon - October 2003

 Riga Plateau, South Taconic & Appalachian Trails, MA, NY & CT

Sometime in October of 2002 - 2003, Tippi completed her first "Marathon" along the Mt Riga Plateau; it would also be my 26th.  We had the "Bandit" along for the adventure. 

Our time was recorded as 5:38:00 over 24.7-miles.  I recall the end of the run taking forever once we descended Frissell and headed back to Mt. Washington State Forest Headquarters, as we might have diverted from the most direct track.

Maybe on top of Alander?

Intersection prior to Brace.

   
I believe this is the top of Brace Mountain.

The Bandit climbing Round Mountain.

The Bandit at the peak of Round Mountain.

The Bandit climbing Mt Frissell.

The Bandit climbing Frissell.

At the Tri-State Marker (NY, MA, CT).

Black Lizard / Vintage Crime #39 for 2020...

"Find a Victim", another in the Lew Archer series, from Ross MacDonald first published in 1954.

Vintage Crime / Black Lizard Cover Image

Early Edition

Alternate Early Edition