Finally the weather has been nice enough for me and My dog Tater to start going on some hikes. Considering My dog Tater is a Chihuahua too much snow just causes him sink up to his ears. We recently moved up to Farmington and live fairly close to a place called Shade Swamp Sanctuary, so we decided to start out slow and warm up with some light trails which I will describe below.
SHADE SWAMP SANCTUARY (WHITE TRAIL)
Both trails are located from the North side of U.S route 66 (close to Tunxis Community College)
The white trail is 2 1/2 miles and there are numbers on the trail markers 1-14
The way into the white trail is very simple and there are a few different ways to enter the trail but it was really muddy so I went past the buildings and in the other route through all the pine, spruce and hemlocks.
This was towards the end of the trail where Tater and I found a clearing with a random outhouse.... But we took a nice rest and Tater got to un-numb his feet from walking in the snow.
(above) wanted to check out how well my new camera was working not sure what type of fungus or plant this is on the tree. (below) At around the 3 marker if your coming in from 1 there will be a small bridge looks a lot more flimsy then it is....works just fine..but we still went one at a time!!!
In the swamp you will see much wildlife in the spring and summer as it gets warmer the green algae will begin to cover it and you will hear the frogs!! But for now we got ducks and they scared the hell out of Tater!!
First sign I saw that spring was on it's way. As you can see from the Skunk Cabbage flower that can be seen throughout the swampy area's.
After our walk Tater was pooped!! He didn't move off his man chair for the rest of the afternoon and night!
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