Yesterday’s walk on the Tunxis Trail got rolling late. It was on a section I hadn’t hiked before, south of Route 4 in Burlington Connecticut. The trail climbed steeply from the busy road into a wintry-looking forest. Three in the afternoon is long-shadow hour at this latitude in November, and with the wind, it felt more like January. Down below, there was an uninspiring view of a CVS, a Cumberland Farms and a Dunkin Donuts.  

Putting that in the rear view, I continued on, climbing an unnamed hill for the next half mile. Turning around near the top,  I was surprised by the long view east, with the Metacomet Ridge near Hartford visible through the trees. From the other side of the hill, I took a stitch of four images with the sun behind me, just below the summit.

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