East Coast Greenway - Andover CT

Trevor near one of the signs that marks the trail in Andover CT. 

We parked in the parking lot behind the local church and used the crosswalk to enter the Trail to Trail path.  All clearly marked.

Grave yard behind the church across from the hiking trail.  Beautiful old stones with lots of history. 

The boys really enjoied looking at each stone and seeing the dates.  Back to the early 1800's

View of the Church on Rt 6 Andover CT from the trail.

Trevor, Dylan and Troy walking the once Railroad trail.

Along this route we saw a few thing slike small streams and skunk cabbage (YUCK)!!

Reminders of what used to be - the telephone poles that remain along the walking/riding path.

As much as we wanted to walk further today we just brought a lunch and sat along the path and enjoied lunch, then we walked back to the car.  I am hoping next time we can walk longer on this trail. For more information on locations and what part of this trail might be in your state check out the East Coast Greenway website: http://www.greenway.org/ct.php

Wolf Rock Nature Preserve - Joshua's Trust (Mansfield CT) 3/7/10

Wolf Rock - Great Place for the Kids to walk - some fun overlooks that can take your breath away from the height and the view!  This hike was early spring so it was still cool and the trees were still lacking their leaves which was nice to see for miles around toward the West and South.

There were many great things to see along the trail and it was well marked

with Yellow trail and part of the Blue Dot Trail that intertwined. 

The trail that we took (mainly yellow) was about 1.5 miles and easy for the boys to do.

We ventured into a stream, up on boulders, over stick bridges and saw signs of lots of wild life.

Link here for some more details on this site.

http://www.courant.com/community/hc-6waytogo0629.artjun29,0,1445411.story

(Top) Boys at first large Boulder

On top of Wolf Rock right above a very steep ledge!  Would not find me up there!

(Top) Ring left behind by the tower that once stood here ontop of the Ledge!

Troy showing off his muscles between to large rocks!

one of the markings for the yellow trail!

Great bridge - did not move a lick!  It was awesome!

Kollar Wildlife Management Area Tolland CT

Pretty easy walk - boys enjoied this one because there was lots of neat things to find in the woods - shot gun shells, old car parts, and even shot out beer cans!  But the coolest thing that we found was the iced over mud crystals, see the photos below!

http://www.willimanticriver.org/recreation/pg_park_kollar.html