David Reik, Photo Blog

I hiked a loop on Tunxis Trails in Plymouth and Burlington, CT, on 2020-6-17.  Below is a link to an interactive map I made showing the three-digit GPS Waypoints I recorded where I wrote notes. http://arcg.is/WibLC  . Here's a screenshot of the northern part of the map: Here's a screenshot of the middle portion of the map: Here's a screenshot of the southern section of the map: 001.  A man I met in the parking area from the Bristol Water Department said he had painted over a blue blaze on the white pine in the foreground.  Just in front of this tree, there is a well-used path leading to the reservoir that the Bristol Water Department doesn't want people to use because the Bristol Water Department wants to keep people away from the reservoir.  The man I talked to believes that having a blaze on this tree at the intersection with the trail he doesn't want people to use encourages people to go down the forbidden trail.  He suggested maybe there could be an arr...

On 2020-6-16, I visited a set of properties owned by Canton Land Conservation Trust in the vicinity of Breezy Hill Road.  Here's a link to the interactive map I made showing where the pictures below were taken:  http://arcg.is/ifG0a  . Below is a static screenshot of my interactive map. 1.  The sign for the parking lot on Breezy Hill Road was obscured by vegetation. 2.    Lots of recent work had been done to remove blow-downs, but I did find this tree across the trail. 3.  Self portrait on wall. 4.  The blazes on the green trail were almost non-existent, but the area where the green trail met Barbourtown Road was nicely mown. 4.  I explored this trail. 5.  People had actually put in some gravel on the new trail. Near 5.  A nicely mown pull-off where the new trail meets the junction of Breezy Hill Road and Barbourtown Road. 6.  A cliff near the green trail. 7.  Was this a sugar maple in its lifetime? 8.  Some species o...