{"id":665,"date":"2023-04-10T04:44:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-10T04:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=665"},"modified":"2025-09-28T04:41:44","modified_gmt":"2025-09-28T04:41:44","slug":"easter-afternoon-hike-in-the-brinton-brook-sanctaury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=665","title":{"rendered":"Easter afternoon hike in the Brinton Brook Sanctaury"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A solo 4.5 mile trek by myself &#8211; Brigid and family back at the hacienda cooking up a storm (What a deal &#8211; I get out, they cook for me!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sawmillriveraudubon.org\/brinton\/\">Brinton Brook<\/a> is less than ten minutes from my house and a nice hike. Map below and typical northeast woodland terrain. The trail take you up and then takes you down &#8211; and then up again, and then down again&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"364\" src=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/6a00d834525a2f69e202b68531f860200d-500wi.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11561\" title=\"2023_04_09 8_38 PM Office Lens\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/6a00d834525a2f69e202b68531f860200d-500wi.jpg 500w, https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/6a00d834525a2f69e202b68531f860200d-500wi-300x218.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s the pond &#8211;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/6a00d834525a2f69e202b7519f3249200c-500wi.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11562\" title=\"20230409_131422\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/6a00d834525a2f69e202b7519f3249200c-500wi.jpg 500w, https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/6a00d834525a2f69e202b7519f3249200c-500wi-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/tomfaranda.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d834525a2f69e202b7517adac8200b-pi\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tomfaranda.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d834525a2f69e202b7517adac8200b-500wi\" alt=\"20230409_131411\" title=\"20230409_131411\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ahh! A bench named in honor of my friend Rudy &#8211;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/6a00d834525a2f69e202b68531f87f200d-500wi.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11563\" title=\"20230409_124508\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/6a00d834525a2f69e202b68531f87f200d-500wi.jpg 500w, https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/6a00d834525a2f69e202b68531f87f200d-500wi-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And here&#8217;s a part of the view from the bench &#8211; looking down about 160&#8242;, you can barely make out a wooden slat trail running across the middle of the picture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/6a00d834525a2f69e202b68531f892200d-500wi.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11564\" title=\"20230409_124451\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/6a00d834525a2f69e202b68531f892200d-500wi.jpg 500w, https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/6a00d834525a2f69e202b68531f892200d-500wi-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s the ground view of that section &#8211; only a couple of short areas have the raised wooden trail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/tomfaranda.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d834525a2f69e202b7517adaf4200b-pi\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tomfaranda.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d834525a2f69e202b7517adaf4200b-500wi\" alt=\"20230409_130402\" title=\"20230409_130402\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>People who walk Brinton will recognize this interesting rock formation and the plaque that is on it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/tomfaranda.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d834525a2f69e202b68531f8bd200d-pi\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tomfaranda.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d834525a2f69e202b68531f8bd200d-500wi\" alt=\"20230409_134053\" title=\"20230409_134053\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/tomfaranda.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d834525a2f69e202b68531f8c3200d-pi\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tomfaranda.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d834525a2f69e202b68531f8c3200d-500wi\" alt=\"20230409_134108\" title=\"20230409_134108\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When I arrived at the small parking area around noon there were no other cars. Here&#8217;s the lot around 1:40 &#8211; my Edge on the far left. Brinton Brook Sanctuary is very lovely but hardly gets visited.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/tomfaranda.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d834525a2f69e202b7517ae1c4200b-pi\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tomfaranda.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d834525a2f69e202b7517ae1c4200b-500wi\" alt=\"20230409_132846\" title=\"20230409_132846\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A solo 4.5 mile trek by myself &#8211; Brigid and family back at the hacienda cooking up a storm (What a deal &#8211; I get out, they cook for me!) Brinton Brook is less than ten minutes from my house and a nice hike. Map below and typical northeast woodland terrain. The trail take you [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=665"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11565,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665\/revisions\/11565"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}