Wednesday, 6 March 2019, “Roller Coaster” hike, October Farm conservation area, Concord
Hike Leader: Jack Mroczkowski
Participants: Rochelle Holman, Margie and Tony Lee, Greg Stathis, William Feirling, Richard Fortier, Patrick Ward, Susan Sabin, David Fay, Julie Dodd,
Appx 2.5 miles, but with 6 to 8 inches of snow and many short hills.
We met at North Bridge Parking lot, Concord in order to car pool a short distance to the limited parking at October farm. A few people did not bring snow shoes, but they seemed so enthusiastic that it was hard not to grant them waivers.
At the hike parking lot our cars had to take the last three handicapped spots ! However, we firmly believed that these spots were very unlikely to be occupied considering the snow conditions… but you never know, we took a risk.
The hike was quite eclectic. The variety of pleasant scenery included ponds, the Concord river, tall conifers, and several small hills which were fun scampering up and down.
Where we broke trail in the snow, the snow shoes were very useful, but in other places the trail had already been well used, so the people without snow shoes had it even easier than people with snow shoes.
Eight people turned up for a pleasant lunch at Verrill Farms.
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