The shocking truth about the fourth Conn. lake.
Just this past week my nephew came up from Manchester NH for a visit, we will call him Mark,mostly because that is his name. As always when he comes up we did some hiking and some picture taking. He takes a lot of very good pictures and posts them to his blog Mark's happy place. Give his blog a click when you have the time. His brother also has a blog dedicated to his daughter and now his daughter to come real soon. He just posted a 3D ultrasound picture of his new daughter in the womb. If you have never seen a 3D ultrasound of a baby in the womb then you need to check this out, it is unbelievable. Check it out at Sweet little milissa and click on the link Sarah Nicole. Now I promised the shocking truth about the fourth Connecticut lake and here it is, the name should be changed to the first Connecticut Mud Puddle. Mark and I made the less then two mile but more then one mile hike up to and around it. I have made the hike before about eight years ago but it was early spring and I wasn't sure if I saw the whole thing I thought that there must be more to it but it was to swampy to get close enough to see it all. I was wrong I did see it all that trip. It was definitely more enjoyable to make the hike with someone else, the first time I went alone. It seems like a much longer hike going up then it really is. Going up was steep for a curmudgeon like myself but was an easy clime for a young wippersnapper like Mark. The round trip was less then three miles. The mud puddle has two very small brooks running down to the third Connecticut Lake. If you took your shoes and socks off and put your foot into either one of them I don't think they would be deep enough for the water to cover your toes. I have posted a picture of the mud puddle below.
Besides that hike we took quite a few more, and another one worth mentioning is the hike we took to Boundary Pond aka Boarder Pond, Mountain Pond. I am not sure which if any of these are the real name of this pond. Some day I will have to look that up, maybe this winter when I am bored. This pond is located about fifteen miles out on the gravel road that goes by East Inlet, another beautiful pond in it's own right. I believe this is the northern most body of water in the state of NH and where the name Boundary pond comes from. It is located right on the US and Canadian border at the very tip of NH. See the picture below. You can drive almost all the way to it except the last half mile or so then you have to walk. I have been to this place many times. On a hot summer day it is a great place to have lunch and do some reading, there seems to always be a cool breeze there.
