Celebrating the extra hour of daylight, Pat dropped me and Sadie off on Hartford Turnpike a little after 4 PM. It was 4:15 when we reached the top of the climbing trail from Hartford Turnpike. The walk was quiet as we crossed Chestnut Lane at 4:36.
We crossed the Yellow Trail at 4:42 and the Orange at 4:45. As we approached the wall, I knew we were in for a steep climb. We reached the top of Hezekiah's Knob at 5:00 and rested for awhile. Then we continued on the Blue until we reached the Red Square. I had planned on either continuing on the Blue or turning left on the Red Square. There was a girl hiking alone towards us on the Blue and she turned back. Rather than follow her, I decided we'd turn left on the Red Square.
We walked along the rock outcrop over the central valley. We passed below Hezekiah's Knob at 5:22 and continued down the rocky slope. We crossed the Orange trail at 5:29 and the Yellow at 5:33. The trail gets steep with a big switchback to the valley floor with the roaring stream off to the left. We got to the parking lot on Mount Carmel Ave at 5:45 and were home at 5:52. Almost 2 hours total - a great day to enjoy the later sunset.
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