Nice weather

The weather decided to turn more springlike today. A high of 63 degrees combined with me getting out of work when it was still daylight resulted in me hiking at Mt. Tom for the third time this week. I park along 141 and head up the steep side to the radio towers.

On a good day you can make it up to the top in 15 to 20 minutes. The view, when not hazy, is spectacular! Hartford to the south, Berkshires to the west, and the college towns to the north. You can even catch a glimpse of the dome-shaped Mt. Monadnock approximately 70 miles NNE. Occasionally you can also see Mt. Greylock to the west.

Surprisingly I always see a large number of cars parked up and down 141 at the various trailheads...yet I rarely run into more than one or two people on the actual M&M trail. I suspect that those people, like myself, want to take a stroll in the park past it's closing time of 4pm. They don't mind if you stroll along the road after the park actually closes, but you better make sure that your car is outta there by the time posted on the gate.