It’s the first snowstorm of 2023-’24. I just got back from a bit of tramping around. I immediately got a question on Facebook: What is the Slave Wall? So here you go.
The Slave Wall
Lower Mystic Lake
Wooded area near the lake
Faceless encounter
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Great hike in the Blue Hills today led by Marc Hurwitz, our intrepid Appalachian Mountain Club guide. I hadn’t been there since I was a Cub Scout leader, and trust me, that was a very long time ago.
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Elliot Tower, closed for renovations
The weather station on the summit of Great Blue Hill
The GBH transmitter on the summit of Great Blue Hill. Do you know what “GBH” stands for? Think about it for a moment.
Boston skyline from the observatory on top of the weather station
Weather gear on top of the observatory
Chia Shen, Cathie Ghorbani and me. Marc took the photo. You may know that Marc is a food journalist for NBC Boston and for his own blog, Boston Restaurant Talk. Like all good restaurant reviewers, he travels incognito.
Heading down from the summit
I hiked nearly six miles in Willowdale State Forest this afternoon — the first time I’ve been there since last May. Even though we had just one day of frigid weather followed by a week of unseasonably warm days, the swamps were still frozen over.
A four-mile-plus stroll through Medford in the first measurable snow of the year.
Brooks Estate in West Medford, near the Winchester line
Brooks Pond
Victory Park off Winthrop Street, near Temple Shalom
Evangelical Haitian Church of Somerville (in West Medford), a massive structure that once housed a Congregational church
We’ve had quite the sunsets this week. I just got back from a hike in the Middlesex Fells and took this at the South Reservoir.
May your day be spent with family, friends and appreciation for all the good things in our lives.
North Reservoir, Middlesex Fells
At the Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary in Topsfield earlier today.
We visited Drumlin Farm in Lincoln for the first time earlier today. The weather was warm and clear — so clear that we could easily see Mount Monadnock from the top of the drumlin from which the farm takes its name.
A walk around the Middle and South Reservoirs in the Middlesex Fells on a summer-like afternoon.
Twenty-three-mile ride along the Charles out to Waltham and back. On the way home, I ran into about two dozen bikers from the Appalachian Mountain Club. I’m a member, so I’m going to have to check out their events. Anyway, I rode with them to Alewife Station before splitting off to head back. Great people, plus they showed me the best connection between the Watertown-Cambridge Greenway and the river.
AMC riders near Fresh Pond