8/20/16 SLABSIDES

       There are two entrances to the Burroughs property.  The first,  off  Burroughs Road, goes to his cabin and the second entrance just slightly beyond  leads to a trail that goes along a large pond.  It was my intention to walk the pond area since it was mostly flat and in the shade.  In the past there was very little on Burroughs Road to indicate it was an entrance to the property.  So I was surprised to see that a very large sign was now at Burroughs Road.  I went to the intended entrance and no one appeared so I checked the first entrance and five of our group were there.

       We decided to check out the cabin and then, since it hadn't been walked before by our group, we chose to walk the Ridge Trail.  I'll be kind here and say it was challenging [but interesting].  I said I was glad I did it but don't have to do it again.  I think the others agreed.  The weather was sun with temperatures in the 80's and high humidity.  Fortunately, we were in the woods and shade the whole walk.

       To return to our cars, we decided to take the shorter but very steep yellow trail which would lead us directly to the cabin rather than having to make the long walk along the pond and then a very long walk up Burroughs Road.  The map was misleading so we had some difficulty locating the yellow trail but we finally did and were very happy to finally be back at the cabin and our cars.

       There were no lunch takers so after two hours drive [round trip] by myself, I got to head for home.  Actually I putzed around wasting time before attending a wine class at Mt. St. Mary.

the cabin

I peeked inside

I saw several colorful mushrooms and I took pix..

There were quite a few semi uprooted trees on the trail

There were rocks paving the trail in some areas

There were quite a few steps

The end of the pond

We started up the yellow trail and looked down at the pond.

Some of the uphill steps

and more

and more

To waste time I visited the Gomez Mill House in Marlborough