HIKE REPORT
Wednesday, 4 January 2022, Wayland - Hike the Eskers
Hike Leaders: Betty Salzberg & Marie Keutmann
~4.5 miles, 10:00 am start from Wayland, MA
Hikers (18 + 1 canine): Betty, Marie, Zoe, Barbara Jacobs, Don Mannes, Frank Aronson, Gene Ho, Jim Whinfield, Judy Perrin, Lynne O'Riorden, Margie Lee, Molly Schaeffer, Sharon Ellis, Steven Venizelos, Susan Broome, Susan Sabin, Ted Nyder, Tony Lee, and Zach Woods.
Eighteen hikers and Marie’s dog, Zoe, visited two beautiful and under-used Wayland Conservation areas. The hike started on an unpaved access road that led us past a large hosta farm bordering the Sudbury River (Weir Meadow Nursery). We then continued to Oxbow Road where Trout Brook crosses the road to reach the river, and then onto paths near the impressive, large marsh in the Trout Brook conservation area. We continued to the Trout Brook esker, past several deep kettleholes, then over to the Castle Hill conservation area esker which overlooks Schoolhouse Pond, where Hazel Brook runs through the pond and under a large beaver dam to make its own way to the river.
About a dozen hikers went to lunch at Verrill Farm after the hike (and after getting a very recalcitrant Zoe into Marie’s car).
Report by Betty Salzberg.
Photo courtesy of Margie Lee.
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