May 3, 2021 - Rowley

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From K to the purple asterisk and back again

This segment was the end of the boring road walking that is the “Rowley Gap”.  One downside o the gap is that there is little parking available on Route 1A, so we parked at Prospect Hill in Rowley, the last stop on Map 1A, and worked our way “backwards”/ north. 


Prospect Hill kiosk


The day was sunny and in the mid 60s, so a lovely day for a walk. Walter, Sulu and I started on Route 133, which was crazy busy, and then had a brief respite on a connector road where we could better appreciate spring’s charms. 


Spring poodle.  Needs a bath and a haircut.


Route 1A here is pretty busy as well, but our walk was brightened by lots of interesting old houses. 


This one looks very old, but no info.

Thomas Lambert House, 1699

Hobson-Houghton House c. 1800


Fit-N- Trim. A place to do dog agility, where we have been!


We made a pit stop at the Rowley Public Library (open to the public, unlike Somerville’s library in these plague times). 


The library has a lovely garden where I waited with the dog.


We saw signs for the regional high school, Triton High School.  This entertained us because Triton was the name of the sodar we developed back in the day. Mysteriously, the Triton athletes are not called Tritons, they are Vikings.  A missed opportunity, I think.


We turned around after 2.4 miles.  Although we kept our eyes open, we didn’t identify any exciting birds this time.  The birds stayed out of sight and taunted us from the trees.


End of Map 1A!



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