"The Burnt Orange Heresy", by Charles Willeford, first published in 1971.
Monday, July 26, 2021
Sunday, July 25, 2021
Saturday, July 24, 2021
On this day in 2009, Tippi and I explored the Robert Frost Trail through Sunderland and Amherst (I think). It was a day after a really hard rain, so the brooks and streams were really roaring. We ended up losing a bunch of time "off trail" around Eastman Brook.
Friday, July 23, 2021
Thursday, July 22, 2021
Wednesday, July 21, 2021
Tuesday, July 20, 2021
Monday, July 19, 2021
Sunday, July 18, 2021
Friday, July 16, 2021
Thursday, July 15, 2021
Wednesday, July 14, 2021
Tuesday, July 13, 2021
Back out to Granville, trying to find my way from Beach Hill Road to North Lane through the woods.
Gave it a go, wandered, bushwhacked some, and found an old wide path that has promise.
Smashed my sore left big toe badly around the 2-mile point, and broke the darn thing but good.
Shuffled and walked another mile, then turned back in the drizzle.
3.9-miles, with some promise that I am on a good route. The toe aches badly.
On an additional side note of good-fortune, I passed my eye exam today -- another year with fine vision.
Monday, July 12, 2021
It poured rain all early morning, but there was a break around noon so I explored Granville a bit.
I drove to Phelon Forest off North Lane, hoping to connect to my previous journey through this parcel back on June 20th.
The wide-trails were deep pools of water, and most of the smaller single-track trails were streambeds. It wasn't a great day to be in the woods, but for the time I was present it did not rain on me (that waited until I was back in the car).
The exploring covered 6.6-miles, soaking my shoes for the second straight day in these New England woods soaked with excess water from the past two weeks of steady rainfall.
There were good connections to the gas-line, and back out to North Lane on two-seperate paths. A true single-track was the highlight of the run, leading from the gasline back to connect behind the tower (not viewable from the trail today (heavy fog/low visibility)).