This out-and-back was entirely on the Highlands Trail. Starting at Route 23 and Canistear Road, we hiked in a northeasterly direction to Lud Day Road and back. (Click on the thumbnail to bring up a bigger image in a pop-up window)
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Highlands Trail blaze |
First leg is a long climb |
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Very rocky in sections |
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Blow down |
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First view of Dunker Pond |
View from southwest bank |
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Lily pads |
Reflections |
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Trail crosses pond's outlet stream |
Laura in the outlet stream |
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Outlet stream looking north |
Skinny blaze! |
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Interesting mushroom |
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Old boundary walls |
Near Lud Day Road |
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Tiny frog |
Huge spider |
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Dunker Pond from east bank |
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Bumble bee |
It started to rain |
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Looking north |
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Fog and drizzle |
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Soon it downpoured |
Our lunch spot overlooking pond |
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