HIKE REPORT
Wednesday, 4 December 2024, Hike from Twin Pond to Pigeon Hill Folly Ruin and Back
Hike Leaders: Zach Woods & Judy Perrin
5.5 miles (~2.75 hours), 10:00 am start from Lincoln, MA
Hikers (15): Judy, Zach, Aiko Pinkoski, Annemarie Altman, Betsy Kimball, Betty Salzberg, David Goldberg, David Wean, Jim Whinfield, Kristina Leclaire, Marie Keutmann, Melissa Norton, Renee Rees, Steven Venizelos, and Susan Sabin.
Present at lunch: Frank Aronson.
Cold but sunny weather made for a great hike with little to no wind and temperatures starting just below freezing and finishing up at nearly forty degrees. Everyone had a great time on the walk, talking and discussing several historical sites (Garfield cellar hole, Pigeon Hill Folly, and the former site of a colonial era rope walk where hemp fibers were worked into lengths of rope) and some natural features, including a hogback ridge formed by a glacier and Pigeon Hill which was named for all the countless, now extinct, passenger pigeons that used to flock there. We also learned about several of the Modernist houses viewable from the trail.
Six folks enjoyed lunch at Revolution Craft Food Hall in Lexington after the hike, including Frank Aronson who was not able to join us for the hike.
The attached group photo was taken at the Pigeon Hill Folly ruin.
Report by Zach Woods.
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