Ponkapoag Pond Hike = January 2, 2020

HIKE REPORT

THU, 2 January 2020, Winter hike around Ponkapoag Pond in Blue Hills Reservation

Hike Leaders:  Elsa & Tom Lawrence

4.6 miles, 10:00 am hike start from Ponkapoag Golf Course parking lot, Canton, MA

Hikers (16):  Elsa, Tom,  Annemarie Altman, Barbara Jacobs, Butch Pemstein, Cynthia Zabin, David Wean, Don Mannes, Mike Hanauer, Rochelle Holman, Susan Broome, Susan Sabin, Ted Nyder, William Feiring, and first timers Howard Gutherman and Joel Sussman.

It was a perfect day for a winter hike, starting out a little cool, but warming up as we went.  We followed the loop trail around the pond, diverging to walk through the AMC camp (looking at the camp and using the facilities there).  We were unable to take the walk through the bog because the water level of the pond was high and some of the boardwalk was floating.  Two hikers shortened the route by retracing the path from the camp rather than finishing the loop.

Kudos to David and Cynthia for cycling 8.5 miles to the start.

Thirteen of us had a delicious lunch at Nisa's Thai restaurant after the hike.

Report by Elsa Lawrence.