Fall Feels (Part Two)

 October has settled in, and with it Fall Allergies.

I feel like Migraine Boy

But it hasn't stopped me from my Fall activities, which include biking new trails.

The Ashuwillticook trail runs from the center of Adams and goes all the way to Pittsfield. That was way farther than I was willing to go at 3PM on a chilly day, but it was still pretty, and a pretty good workout, as I went into the neighboring town of Cheshire and back.

I almost made it to the center of town and the Cheshire resevoir, and could see the part that drains into the Hoosic River.

 The fat tires on my hybrid mountain bike make it fairly slow going on pavement, so I turned back, and set my sights on another day to explore the southern half of the bikepath. But it was a good run on a very nice route that runs beside the river all the way.

Fall Feels (Part One)

 

Another summer has passed by watching the seasons turn while walking these paths. It's incredible to watch how fast corn grows, and then it's all gone! So much of it becomes a barren, muddy field. I watched a pair of kestrels today. Yesterday, a hot air balloon was in the distance near the holyoke range.

There are runoff streams that empty into the farmlands, and also a small kettle pond that empties into a swamp that feeds Bloody Brook. 

The trees in the distance here are the section where the wetlands are, before it flows under the highway and into town.

All of it ultimately reaches the nearby Connecticut River, and the Mill River that ends in Hatfield VIA Whately.