I got there-eventually.
Visit #1504, Saturday 16 November 24, 7:00-8:30AM, 2.6 miles, litter carried over to Sunday.
Temps in the 30s, sunny.
Visit #1505, Sunday 17 November 24, 7:15-9:15AM, 4.6 miles, 2.3 lbs. of litter.
Temps in the 30s, sunny.
I guess the stats above give it away.
I started Saturday's hike intending to return to locations on the Three Peaks Challenge route I hiked last week. For various reasons I spied some litter then that I could not reach so I would return this week.
Except I was on-call and half way along my hike I received a service call and had to leave and drive to Easton CT. Not only was my hike cut short, the service call made me miss my haircut appointment, trip to the bank, and a stop at a store with limited Saturday hours. Sheesh.
But before my hike was terminated, I did accomplish some things on my list.
I was advised by a blog reader who shall remain anonymous that there are more hearts on trees than I have already found HERE an HERE.
Their directions were spot on. So was my spray paint to cover it.
That made the nearby rock unhappy.
On the other side of I-691 while following the trail markers I found this:
Sister Rosemary, my eighth grade teacher, would be rolling over in her grave if she found out how I disposed of that rosary. She probably already knows, from UP THERE...
The cat graffiti is Number 14 in a series I've found since November 2016. I did a bang up job of removing it if I say so myself.
I attacked some more graffiti on the same trail.
Then it was time for me to leave, with my work incomplete.
So I returned to Hubbard Park on Sunday at roughly the same time, with the same trash bag from Saturday, hoping I wouldn't get interrupted again by that pesky thing called "work".
I hiked up to West Peak, then over to Castle Craig to address some graffiti I spied while on the Three Peaks Challenge hike.
The results look so good I might return and paint the entire gate, and I'll take precautions to keep paint off the stone.
I hiked back to the park, completing what I started on Saturday.