Date: February 27, 2019
Wellesley's Longfellow Pond to Newton Upper Falls
Participants: Barbara Martin, David Fay, Elsa Lawrence, Jack Mroczkowski, Janet Miller, Margie Lee, Rochelle Holman, Tom Lawrence and first timers Gadi and Pnina Steiner. Leader, Susan Sabin
Once again, Wellesley and Newton surprised some home-grown Wheelers by the existence of so many interconnecting trails. After circumnavigating Longfellow pond we followed an esker across an aquifer to Needham. We were then forced onto city streets for about .1/8 of a mile in order to pass under route 128. Now in Newton Upper Falls with the Charles River running behind the buildings south of us, we admired some very old houses, some of which likely served as pre-industrial mills. One, the "Petit" house, dated 1835, is my favorite.
We then ducked onto the Hemlock Gorge trails and those of us wearing microspikes were able to follow a trail up and down and over a little bridge, then around the gorge to experience the falls close up. We played under the arches of the bridge, testing echoes, before climbing back up to the village via an impressive staircase. Now, with microspikes off, we continued downhill to Dunn Gaharin's to meet the non-microspikes contingent. All(!) hikers enjoyed a very convivial meal at the restaurant.
We more or less reversed course home and arrived at the parking lot by about 2PM.
Report by Susan Sabin
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