Did a 4.7 mile hike this morning on a new (to us) set of trails in Concord. After dropping my car off for an oil change, we headed to the trail head in DH's car, about 2 miles away. It was very confusing, in an area of private roads/driveways, but after a few circles, we found it. The first part, a client had told me about, as it's a back door way to get down to Walden Pond, avoiding the state park parking lot fee. That part I remember! We were following a route on All Trails, but when it's cold out, the phone's battery is affected, so I made DH bring his hiking GPS, too, so we could mark the beginnning and have a way to get us back if the phone died. It did get very low on batteries, so we were glad we had the GPS, as this area is just full of trails, both Concord Conservation land and into the town of Lincoln. After skirting the pond, we went down, down, and turned toward Fairhaven Bay, which is part of the Sudbury River. We actually were right along the water's edge for a long time, and there were signs that this area is seasonally flooded. Then, we thought we were almost back, but we had about another mile.
There was a little elevation at the end, which was good. Nice scenery, and aside from the tourists we saw at Walden (4), only saw 3 other hikers. The trail was partially snow covered, with ice in a lot of places, so we were glad we wore our spikes.
The snow is falling steadily now, and they have upped our amounts since last night. My granddaughter was supposed to sleep over, but DS cancelled, as it's a 20 mile drive for him to get her here. So... I predict I will be x country skiing tomorrow.