Bay Circuit Diary

Welcome to Susan's Bay Circuit Diary! This blog follows my adventures with my dog Sulu hiking the Bay Circuit Trail .  To get new posts in your inbox, please subscribe (see the little "subscribe" oval above). The rest of the past posts can be found using the little menu on the left.  If you are curious how this all started, go here . From letter E to letter H This journey began with a thrill: Google directed me to Route 3 to begin my walk! Route 3 is the last major route on the trek to Duxbury and the southern terminus of the BTC. Today is also the longest travel time I’ve had to a trailhead: nearly an hour.  Parking at the entrance to a drinking water treatment plant, Sulu and I headed back along the road to where we turned around last time. The day was cold (29 degrees F) and clear. Noteworthy on our walk were the large numbers of residential solar panels, and the second lawn jockey in East Bridgewater, only the third for the whole trail. We were back at the car in unde...

Welcome to Susan's Bay Circuit Diary! This blog follows my adventures with my dog Sulu hiking the Bay Circuit Trail .  To get new posts in your inbox, please subscribe (see the little "subscribe" oval above). The rest of the past posts can be found using the little menu on the left.  If you are curious how this all started, go here . From A to the purple asterisk Today we finished our tour of the Bridgewaters with a tour of East Bridgewater . We picked up the trail after the hiatus, parking at an electric substation. I’m not sure why the architects of the BCT chose this particular spot to restart the trail, to launch us on some not-scenic road walking, but here we are.   This scenic and convenient parking area As well as an extended test of the new phone battery, this is the maiden voyage of an exciting new amenity: my travel potty! In areas with a lot of road walking, or popular trails, there are not a lot of opportunities to crouch behind a shrubbery (and the shrubbery...

  Welcome to Susan's Bay Circuit Diary! This blog follows my adventures with my dog Sulu hiking the Bay Circuit Trail .  To get new posts in your inbox, please subscribe (see the little "subscribe" oval above). The rest of the past posts can be found using the little menu on the left.  If you are curious how this all started, go here . From the P at Reynolds Landing to H Compressed by a family commitment, I have a short trip planned for today. It’s a bit ridiculous to drive 45 minutes and hike for such a short time, but, hey, I have an electric car! Noteworthy is that I got my phone battery replaced yesterday ($50, 30 minutes) and this will be a test of the new battery. The temperature was hovering around freezing when Sulu and I left the car. Best view of the Town River Our walk started at Reynolds Landing in West Bridgewater. We started by walking down to take a look at the landing on the Town River . The river was barely visible down a long muddy entry. That accomplis...

Welcome to Susan's Bay Circuit Diary! This blog follows my adventures with my dog Sulu hiking the Bay Circuit Trail .  To get new posts in your inbox, please subscribe (see the little "subscribe" oval above). The rest of the past posts can be found using the little menu on the left.  If you are curious how this all started, go here . From the red asterisk to the P at Reynolds Landing After the grim road walking in West Bridgewater last time finding this lovely riverside trail, the Haseotes Mass Wildlife Trail, feels like a miracle. The trail is on a sort of berm with the Town River on my left and marshes on the right. I immediately let Sulu off lead and he enjoyed sniffing and wandering down the trail. Looking at the map, the Town River has a braided path as it wends through the Hockomock Swamp. To the wilderness-schooled eye, the trail is actually kind of dumpy. It looks like it was badly overgrown and a crew came through with chainsaws.  There are stumpy ends everywhere...