May 30th 2020: Spending the Day in Cohasset

In search of a beach today, we decided to head to the town of Cohasset. We checked out several places in town,

Giuggio Overlook Conservation Area

Veterans Park

Paul Pratt Memorial Library

especially the downtown area.

Second Congregational Church

First Church Unitarian Universalist

Cohasset Common,
Win B Long Road and Highland Avenue

St. Stephen's Episcopal Church

We also checked out Bassing Beach in Scituate from afar, which can only be accessed by boat.

and Government Island Park at the end of Government Island Road, which was full of people today.

Beautiful day to be out and about by the beach.

May 16th 2020: Waterfalls in New Ipswich NH and Wilton NH

Today, we decided to go look for some waterfalls in New Hampshire. Our first waterfall was Kangas Falls in New Ipswich NH, found on the Furnace Brook Trail at ~411 Turnpike Road. From the road itself, one can already see the water fall from the top, but I ventured down on the trail, initially not finding the way to the falls, but eventually I backtracked to near the beginning where there was a side path to the falls, which is more a dam of sorts.

Next, it was off to Wilton NH, where we decided to look for the Batchelder Falls, located off King Brook Road at roughly 42.796568, -71.795592. One has to climb down a very steep hill in order to see the falls in their full splendor.

Definitely better than Kangas Falls, but hard to get to. I thought I would not be able to get back out onto the road.

Our next destination was the Heald Tract area nearby, where the path we took to get to Batchelder Pond on the Camp Trail is shown below in pink. 

Short, but decent views of the pond.

With that, we headed for home. A good day for checking out waterfalls.

May 3rd 2020: Bafflin Sanctuary, Pomfret CT

Today, we decided to explore the Bafflin Sanctuary in Pomfret CT, passing the Pomfret Community School along the way.

The rough paths we took here to explore the area is shown below in pink.

The Connecticut Audubon Society Center at Pomfret was closed due to the ongoing pandemic,

although we could walk around the farm area.

The bog area was not bad,

although the trail was a little marshy, so we had to turn back. After getting back to the car, we decided to drive around the rest of the sanctuary, getting views of the Mashmoquet Meadow Trail area

and the Ledge Trail area.

With that, we called it a day and headed for home.