Busy Day

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Flower garden at Cato Corner Farm in Colchester, CT.

THE RED SOX ARE IN! Just waiting for the Indians to knock off the Yankees.

Busy day started with a bike ride
Yesterday started off with a bike ride on the Windsor Locks Canal with Bonnie. The geese were abundant and very vocal on the water and in the air. The CT River was quite low with a lot of rocks and sand bars showing.

Finished with a hike
From there I went home to drop the bike and change my clothes before heading to Colchester.

The Colchester Land Trust sponsored a walking tour of the Cato Corner Farm, one of the last working dairy farms in Colchester. Liz MacAlister, the owner, has protected the land so it will never be divided up and developed. Over 100 people showed up to walk the land. Being a farm, there were fields and pastures along with the milking herd, heifers, and calves. In some places our walk was more like a dance - jump and step from side to side quickly. Remember, this is a working farm with cows that do what cows do.

We had a 4-H Club with us that brought their goats along for the walk. Some of the wooded terrain was easier for the goats than it was for us humans. We had some good climbs up and down ridges. Because the foliage was still pretty thick, any views from the highest ridges was obscured.

It was a great day for a walk. The weather was cooler than we’ve been having, yet the humidity was still there. All of us worked up a sweat.

The CLT sponsors various hikes in Colchester on the first Sunday of each month. Go to their website for more information.

The next hike, Nov. 4, will be on the Air Line Trail from Bull Hill Road to the commuter parking lot at Route 2. The last time they walked back towards the Lyman Viaduct, turned around and walked to the parking lot - about 4.5 miles. Shuttle vehicles gave us a ride back to our cars. If they don't do the Lyman Viaduct the walk is only 3.5 miles. I’ve done this walk before and I will seriously consider doing it again next month. I usually bike this trail and it is amazing how much more I see when I walk it.