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US-1726 Wadsworth Falls SP
When spring beckons, even in February and you know it's just a sultry tease, what can you do but answer the call?
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When spring beckons, even in February and you know it's just a sultry tease, what can you do but answer the call?
Site Review
There are traces of the people who have lived in this area stretching back tens of thousands of years.
MA
I'd overnighted in South Hadley, Massachusetts after spending the previous day, the 31st of October, hiking and activating US-5636 Mt. Greylock. I mention the specific day because in Massachusetts the state parks shut down quite a few of the roads on their properties on October 30th. At Greylock
MA
I was completely unprepared for what was around the corner.
PA
I carry a bear horn in my pack, but honestly I think it might be more of an advertisement for a bear snack than any sort of deterrent.
VA
I was giving out 5-fers like it was my job...
MA
The main channel of water collided with a large outcropping of granite, tearing it apart, flinging house-sized boulders into the air and gouging out an 80- to 100-foot deep channel running roughly half a mile that we now call Purgatory Chasm.
When spring beckons, even in February and you know it's just a sultry tease, what can you do but answer the call?
There are traces of the people who have lived in this area stretching back tens of thousands of years.
I was completely unprepared for what was around the corner.
I carry a bear horn in my pack, but honestly I think it might be more of an advertisement for a bear snack than any sort of deterrent.
News and reviews for POTA/SOTA/IOTA activators
Hopkinton is all about the lake, and you'll find boat rentals and amenities in season.
Three piles of what looked like bobcat scat, one recent, made me look for another spot to set up at.
This is an unremarkable park that I think would be a short stop for most people in a multi-park rove.
Like Goldilocks I tried each throne in turn.
I was standing in front of my car taking a picture of the barricade when the man who built the structure walked over to say hello in a way that made me want to show him that my hands were empty.
Apparently I'd set the station up ON the trail.
No snakes, come here for the rocks and QSOs instead.
One wet, one dry, Hockomock Swamp borders Erwin Wilder WMA.
A sandwich and a little POTA are the perfect combo for a warm New England fall day.
There was a guy in full camo carrying a shotgun in front of me, and a fully bedecked transvestite walking a poodle passing him on the way out. It was a little surreal.
A rare unactivated reference in Massachusetts that's more accessible than you might think.
Bring a ruler along to make sure that you are within the park boundaries at this lake-is-the-park site.