David Reik, Photo Blog

On 2020-9-17, I hiked the Hazen Drive trails in Avon, CT.  I took pictures of blow-downs.  I went back to cut the blow-downs on 2020-9-22, 2020-9-25, and 2020-9-25.  Below is a link to a map that shows the locations of the blow-downs, as recorded by my iPhone 5s. http://arcg.is/4W1ne0 BD 1 BD 1 BD 2.  I left this alone BD 3 BD 3 BD 4 BD 4 BD 5 BD 5 BD 6 BD 6 BD 7 BD 7 BD 8 BD 8 BD 9 BD 9 BD 10 BD 10 BD 11 (no "before" picture) David Reik 

 On August 9, 11 and 15, I visited the Tunxis Trail in Barkhamsted and Hartland, CT. I'll start with my August 9 pictures.  I'll put in location numbers on the map you can get to with this link:  http://arcg.is/0GLW1K  . 1.  A bit of a scramble. 2.  Indian Council Caves is a collection of spaces under huge boulders.  I am sitting in the opening to one of the spaces. 3.  This cellar hole I would guess was made in the early 19th century. 4.  When this tree was young, there were no trees around it, so it has large lower branches.  Trees like this are sometimes called "wolf trees." 5.  A structure of questionable utility at the Roaring Brook Camping Area. 6.  A beaver dam. 7.  There were many of these hand-written signs along the trail 8.  Springfield, Massachusetts, is in the center of the picture. 9.  Why do trees have spiral grain sometimes?  Some information at  https://www.logbuilding.org/SpiralGrain.LBN63.pdf  .   10. Hog peanut, Amphicarpaea bracteata. I am on my