I just don't know what to wear!
It's been a tough winter - more snow that I can remember. And while hiking through nearly three feet of fresh powder was fun, the crusty stuff has put a damper on my hikes the last weeks/months. But I have just a few trail sections to finish at Sleeping Giant, and just a few weekends to do it before winter is over. I had a six mile hike planned (Greg - that's about two leagues or 480 chains) over the Blue trail, doubling back on one section of the White - starting off at Hartford Turnpike. This section of the Quinnipiac Trail doesn't see much traffic - compared to the rest of the trail though Sleeping Giant State Park anyway. I tried to hike it a month ago, but first step in I was thigh deep in snow. Better to put this one off until some of the ground is visible through the snow, right? Well, the day finally came. It hasn't snowed in weeks, and the temperature was supposed to soar into the 50's (or into the ...