Just because you don't know where you are doesn't mean that someone else doesn't know exactly where you are!

This was the Saturday of our YW/YM hike for charity. Well, I think we all passed the buck as to planning it out, so when we didn't have our fearless leader we kind of got lost. Not totally, since we were kind of hiking through neighborhoods (but you would never have really thought it because it was really wilderness-like) we weren't really lost. And there were several others not on our hike who we kept calling (who needs a GPS when you have a cell phone?)who knew exactly where we were so we didn't get too far off track, we really only had to change our plans. Which isn't too bad because it makes for a fun/safe adventure. You'll notice from the pictures that it appears that we really weren't in people's back yards the whole time and really got into the woods a bit. Funny enough, the trail we were on was the Robert Frost trail and most of the time I was thinking we were on the path less traveled. The high was 42, but I have no idea what the real feel temp was. Because it is so windy and moist out here that can easily be 10 degrees cooler. It was fairly pleasant today though, not too cold and the storm held off. So no snow, but maybe later tonight!!!! :)



This is a trail marker for a trail we crossed (there are so many hiking trails around here it is crazy) but I loved the name. The locals call it the M & M trail, which is cool, but try saying the name, when you get it it sounds pretty cool.


This picture is most of the YW and YM who came with us. And I say with us because they were real troopers as the adults blundered their way through the wilderness. A bit of frustration but no real complaints.




A few pictures of a pretty stream we hiked along for while.

I hope you can all see the wall work in this picture. There were old stone walls all over the place and then as we were ending there were several rock walls that appeared to have been left over from old (maybe original) houses, right by the water source. Very cool images.

Ok so a few of us ended up hiking a bit more than others and as we were ending the hike and almost to the car, we found this really cool bridge with train tracks. As we were looking at the stream and the woods, I heard a train horn. I ran back up to the tracks to see it coming, but I couldn't see a thing. So, I just decided to keep hiking. Then it got closer and closer, and I realized that we were going to see it in a second. So I ran down to the water's edge to get this picture. You can see how high the bridge is and how not so large it is...LOOK AT THE SIZE OF THE TRAIN! Finally the last picture is one of the lake I talked about a few days ago on my really cool bike ride...well, I found it again roaming around the Amherst Woods, so I took a picture. See how pretty it is? :)