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OCTOBER 2024 - Fall Walk - Beautiful Day!
ACTIVITY ALERT - Walking in beauty!
October 10 through mid-month means peak color for fall foliage in our neck of the New England woods. Let's take a walk.
October 12, Saturday, 8 a.m. meet at the intersection of Yellow Hill Road and Tower Road, Fall River, MA.
Length of walk 3 miles. Dress for the weather. Depending on the weather, some trail sections may be wet/muddy. Wear appropriate footwear. Water and snack nice to have. Mosquito repellent containing DEET or Picaridin is always a good idea until the first fall frost. Rain cancels walk.
Directions to trailhead:
From State Road (Route 6), Westport, go north at the intersection of State Road (6) and Old Bedford Road. Old Bedford Road will be the road off State Road (6) between White's of Restaurant and the Marriott Hotel.
Follow Old Bedford Road, east, until Blossom Road. Go north on Blossom Road approximately 1 1/2 miles until you come to Indian Town Road. East on Indian Town Road approximately 1 1/2 miles until the intersection with Yellow Hill Road. Left, north, up Yellow Hill Road approximately 1 mile to gated Tower Road which will be on your right
Do not block gate. Someone will be there and direct you where to park.
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ACTIVITY ALERT - Autumn in our neck of the woods
This past Saturday's walk in beauty and a few photos too.
One couldn't have asked for a better morning for a walk through the fall woods than the morning that greeted us this past Saturday. The weather was bright and sunny and the air cool and crisp enough to keep end of the season mosquitos grounded.
Leaf color was just getting good with lots of yellow birch and black birch leaves letting go of their individual trees and silently wind surfing to the forest floor. Red-leaved tupelo were reflected in local ponds and red maple and sassafras were showing off their bright colors too.
The autumn spectacle should be good for another week or so until rain and wind come along and force the remaining deciduous leaves to the ground.
Take a walk in the woods and see how many different tree species you can identify from the colorful leaves you kick up as you walk along.
Autumn wildflowers are blooming and fall mushrooms are up, looking for attention.
A lovely red maple at Mowry Path.
October bog.
A New England aster.
A cauliflower mushroom (Sparassis crispa) at the base of a white pine.
October's Party by George Cooper
October gave a party,
The leaves by the hundreds came.
Chestnuts, Oaks, and Maples,
And leaves of every name.
The Sunshine spread a carpet,
And everything was grand,
Miss Weather led the dancing,
Professor Wind the band.
The Chestnuts came in yellow,
The Oaks in crimson dressed.
The lovely Misses Maple
In scarlet looked their best.
All balanced to their partners,
And gaily fluttered by.
The sight was like a rainbow
New fallen from the sky.
Then, in the rustic hollow,
At hide-and-seek they played,
The party closed at sundown,
And everybody stayed.
Professor Wind played louder,
They flew along the ground,
And then the party ended
In jolly hands around.
The leaves by the hundreds came.
Chestnuts, Oaks, and Maples,
And leaves of every name.
The Sunshine spread a carpet,
And everything was grand,
Miss Weather led the dancing,
Professor Wind the band.
The Chestnuts came in yellow,
The Oaks in crimson dressed.
The lovely Misses Maple
In scarlet looked their best.
All balanced to their partners,
And gaily fluttered by.
The sight was like a rainbow
New fallen from the sky.
Then, in the rustic hollow,
At hide-and-seek they played,
The party closed at sundown,
And everybody stayed.
Professor Wind played louder,
They flew along the ground,
And then the party ended
In jolly hands around.
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