{"id":123,"date":"2017-05-27T19:00:08","date_gmt":"2017-05-27T23:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.salticid.com\/kogblog\/?p=123"},"modified":"2017-05-27T19:10:34","modified_gmt":"2017-05-27T23:10:34","slug":"mmnew-england-trail-section-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.salticid.com\/kogblog\/2017\/05\/mmnew-england-trail-section-9\/","title":{"rendered":"MM\/New England Trail Section 9"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve been very very intermittently section-hiking the Metacomet-Monadnock Trail (now the New England National Scenic Trail) for a few years now. I drop my bike at one end, park at the other, and hike north. This is probably the 11th or 12th such hike, starting at the Massachusetts border, since I split some of the longer sections, but this one<\/a> is very short and took less than 2 hours. Unfortunately I got confused and ended at Orchard St, missing the last few feet of this section between Orchard and Federal St. (will take 2 minutes next time). Not many views but very beautiful, through young beech and white pine woods. I only saw one other person though it was a lovely Saturday. I heard a hermit thrush and a veery singing at the same time, then another hermit thrush later in the hike, and finally a wood thrush on the bike back to complete the trifecta of singing thrushes that are common around here. On the way back to the car I took a little detour to explore Elf Meadow Conservation Area–took the loop trail, very pretty.<\/p>\n