Mansions in back country Greenwich is the approach to Babcock preserve where I found a full lot of cars together with lots of beautiful dogs prepping for the hike. If you want to lose yourself in a forest finding natural destinations as your landmark this is the place!
We were directed to the blue trail as the most popular hike. Having read up on the preserve I noted that the markers can be an issue at one point – I unfortunately was reminded of this fact!
One of the features I look for in a hike is varied terrain and destination options. Soon after the hike began we encountered a rustic rock bridge which was a cool kick off to the experience!
As we continued we found so many fun gifts of the forest! A teepee tree with my friendly gnome protecting himself from the cold and a heart shaped carving (natural or made uncertain) greeting us.
Quite suddenly we were on top of a boulder with a wire secured to a tree challenging us to descend! We gave it a photo op try before simply turning to the right to continue our easy hike.
The path flattened with various little ponds with leaves reflecting onto the icy delicate patterns. I felt fortunate to have captured a bit of the illusions.
We did ultimately get lost but fortunately the forest gave us fun destinations to recognize we had gone in a loop within the red trail! we parked at north street but appears it may be fun to place a car at Lake Avenue to follow the blue trail from end to end.
After our hike we enjoyed a walk down Greenwich Avenue where we lunched outside at Meli-Milo. A great purchase I made was an outdoor portable heater which kept us particularly cozy.
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