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This was taken on a hike on the south shore of Boston. Check out more photos on my Flickr as well as other photos on my artistic gallery

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Today we decided to try out a new trail about 30 minutes from Quincy in Weymouth.  The trail is part of the Trustees of Reservations.  There are several entrances to this land, but we chose the Turkey Hill entrance due to its proximity to route 3A.  We parked in the small dirt lot that was only occupied by three other cars.  Erin decided to play around with the camera while I was getting the GPS and my bag ready which led to a series of random shots finishing with me ever so concentrated on configuring the my iPhone GPS to get a good signal.

As we entered the trail there we were greated by two older (60s) gentlemen leaving the trail in a very disshevled way.  Neither looked as though they had been prepared to end up in the woods when they left their house that day, but somehow it seems that was what their day turned into.  One of the men tripped over a succession of three differnt rocks as they made their way past us towards their car and all I could think was that whatever their purpose had been for being in the woods, I was pretty sure that mine was not the same.

The beginning of the trail was a well packed stone trail that curved its way up the side of the hill with 12ft wood boards laid out across the length of the trail to prevent erosion during the rain.  The trail then ends up in a large field with several paths cut into the three to four foot grass.  It is very quite and peaceful in the field and there are plenty of bird houses strew about to make for great bird watching as well as a pleasant symphony playful bird chatter.  The top of the hill, through the field, is a low grass patch that has a great view of Boston, the south shore, and out into the Atlantic.

As we left the field towards the other side of the hill we encountered a few cows just hanging out getting sum lunch and enjoying the weather much the same way we were.  I snapped a few pics of them and one of the cows seemed to stare at me with the same perplexity that someone eating in a restuarant would have if you took a picture of them while they were eating.  The other cows didn’t seem to care much that would soon be all over the internet.

As we left our spotted friends we decended into a more woodsy part of the path that led us to another farm a little farther away that had goats.  The goats didn’t seem to care at  all that I wanted to get a picture of them and simply went about his business.  From here on out the trail got a bit more woodsy and we found out selves moving at a very slow pace stepping of pricker bushes and getting attacked by spider strings, you know the things they leave behind as the travel from one tree to the next in the air.  We eventually made our way back to the field were we had a picnic with a great view of Boston.

I highly recommend this trail for a nice leisurely hike with great views of Boston.  On my scale I give it a 7 out 10.  You can follow my GPS track here and my flickr stream on the right.  Also my web page where I host all my art photos for sale here.

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