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 Visit #1331, Saturday 2 October 21, 7:15-11:30AM, 6.1 miles, 22.0lbs. of litter.

Temps in the low 50's to start, quickly rising to the 70's, sunny.

I can't get an early start this time of year because I'd be working in the dark. But once the sun rises along with the temperature, the mornings can be absolutely spectacular.

Another week with my pole saw, as I trim the road side of overhanging branches. But in order to pick up where I left off last time, I had to get there, first.

Hiking up the road from the gate, I could see the Meriden Parks Department had run a brush hog along both sides of the road. exposing a lot of litter. Knowing my route today, I opted to drop off my first bag of trash early, at the water treatment plant, because I expected to collect a lot more. It was an accurate prediction.

Reaching the trails, I found someone had deliberately placed this log across the trail, which I removed.

Speaking of logs, I received a report this week from another hiker of more trees down across a particular trail. The result is a minimum of four downed trees I will remove next week, on my occasional Power Tool Weekends.

Reaching the road to East/West Peak and working my way downhill from where I previously left off, I spent my allotted hour getting my money's worth out of the pole saw.

After the hour, I continued picking up litter as I walked the road back to the park.

This sign didn't survive its encounter with the brush hog.

As I said earlier, the trimming of the roadsides exposed a lot of litter tossed during the season, which is why I collected so much today.

It was a quiet, enjoyable morning spent in the park.