Anyway, a week ago Sunday Nate and I hiked up to Hueblien Tower on the Bloomfield/Simsbury town line. It's an easy hike to the top, and when the tower is open you have a 360 degree view.
Here's a shot of the tower (warning, I am not a good photographer):
And here's a shot of what I think is King Philip's Cave:
According to the town of Simsbury website, the Indian leader known as "King Philip" sat in this cave and watched Simsbury burn during King Philip's War in 1676. I haven't yet managed to find a path down to this cave to check it out. The footing is a little too precarious for me. I am an overly cautious hiker (feel better, Mom?).
This past Friday, Nate and I hiked up to Roaring Brook Falls, which is apparently the "highest single drop waterfall" in Connecticut. Very cool. This picture below shows the upper falls, which are smaller than the main waterfall.
A short but steep hike to the top; we followed the orange blazed trail from Roaring Brook road, but one of my hiking books says you can take the blue-blazed trail from off of 42. There were a few tense moments when the sun started to go down and we lost the trail for a bit, but we eventually found the blazes again.
Yesterday, we did a 4.5 mile hike in People's State Forest in Barkhamsted. If you live in Connecticut and enjoy hiking, I highly recommend People's Forest. Of course I forgot my camera on this hike, so I have no pictures, alas! The trail we followed starts out going pretty much straight up a waterfall. I've done this hike in May and November, and each time it was gorgeous, but yesterday the waterfall was frozen and it looked very cool. About 5 minutes into the hike it started snowing very, very lightly, and it continued to flurry throughout the entire hike. The snow never stuck though, and the sun even came out on occassion.
My goal for this summer is to do at least one 10 mile hike. I know this doesn't sound like much, especially considering that some people who hike the Appalachian Trail put in 20 to 30 mile days, but I don't really care. 10 miles is a lot for me! Eventually I want to try an overnight backpacking trip, and maybe hike part of the Long Trail in Vermont. Eventually. As I've established, I'm a big fan of indoor plumbing, so I don't intend on doing too much camping. We'll see.
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This comment has nothing to do with hiking, but your mention of Long Trail made me think of my weekend. I was up in VT, spent $377 between the condo and food / drink, and did no skiing. I also ended up with a shiner (long story). Anyway, we went to the Long Trail brewery, and I got a case of Hit the Trail (awesome) and a t-shirt, so it's all good.
OK, some of my students from last year are asking if you're still going to take me hiking. I would like to accompany you and Nate, but please warn me if there are any snakes on the trail ahead. As you are well aware, I hate snakes.
I'm pretty sure I flew right over that tower last night on my way into Bradley. Hopefully we didn't release our blue stuff from the lavatories on any hikers!
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