Saturday,
October 12, 1985
After lunch
we went in search of “Mount” Jerimoth Hill, the highest point in Rhode Island
at about 812 feet above sea level. I found it on the map along US 6, and I guess the road we were on actually went up and over the hill. There was only a Jerimoth picnic
area. We were disappointed and decided to go to George Washington State Park.
There was a trail called “Walkabout” that had been laid out by Australian
yachters!
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| Kyle and Erich |
First we went to the beach to check out the autumn colors around the
Bowdish Reservoir, and let the boys climb on a huge rock slab.
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| Autumn colors |
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| The rock slab |
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| Kyle and Erich |
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| Kyle and Erich |
We chose to follow the blue blazes for the shortest trail of about 2 miles. Erich was finished as soon as we entered the woods! We passed a few campers who noted that firewood was plentiful this year (post hurricane)! We detoured around a downed wire, and found a dried up lake. Kent found a sassafras tree and we pulled up seedlings to sniff the roots. Erich began a hiking stick collection and started collecting sassafras roots.
On the way home, we stopped at a pumpkin patch. Kyle and Erich took the hayride, and then we told them they could each get a pumpkin, but it couldn’t be bigger than what they could carry themselves. Erich did manage to carry his to where we paid only $2 for the two pumpkins. |
| Erich carrying his pumpkin |
Then
Erich had to "dribble" his pumpkin to the car!
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