Valley Falls Park: Bolton, CT (3/31)

On Saturday my friend Shannon took me for a hike at a place I'd never been to before: Valley Falls Park. The property was actually really nice. It consists of a medium sized pond at the bottom of a good sized hill. Water from the pond poured over what looked like an old house foundation. It was very picturesque.

As I started up the hill I was greeted by several Eastern Phoebes calling loudly from branches over the water. The hike was slight strenuous but nothing terrible. As the trail got closer to the top of the hill it was almost completely surrounded by what I believe were Mountain Laurel bushes. But, these bushes were taller than I've seen before. They had twisting trunks which only branched out to leaves above my head. Regardless if these are Mountain Laurel or another member of the Rhododendron family, they must make the hill look spectacular when they are all in bloom.

At the top of the hill I sat for a while and enjoyed the view. I was distracted by a small flock of Chickadees working over the pine needle bunches looking for something good to eat. Then it was time for a return trip to the base of the hill.