New England Trail

The New England Trail (NET) is our backyard trail. We often hike sections of it when going rock climbing. It starts at the Long Island Sound in Guilford and officially ends by the border of Massachusetts and New Hampshire (as a National Scenic Trail) but it keeps going North all the way to Monadnock mountain in New Hampshire. Well, you have probably guessed it by now, Muriel and I decided to hike a big chunk of it: from the Long Island Sound to Simsbury! It's about 100 miles. Our friend Dan played trail angel for us. He stayed at our home the night before our departure and then drove us from home to the start in Guilford. Thanks Dan! October 12. It was a wet and windy start. It had downpoured the day before so all streams were running pretty high. Downtown Guilford was quite pleasant but then we had to walk a good hour by the roadside (blazed!) before entering the woods. Branches were falling off the trees due to the strong winds and we wondered if helmets would have been...